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CUOMO RESIGNS His goal was to make government work, until he failed that mission

Both New York governors pictured have been felled by scandals.

EDITOR’S NOTE … 4 Congrats to the staff

PUBLISHER’S NOTE … 6 Growing into a national brand

CEO’S NOTE … 8

Chronicling the power players

FIRST READ … 11 STOCKLIGHT/SHUTTERSTOCK

The week that was

ALEXANDRIA OCASIOCORTEZ … 24

Our pick as the most influential New York politico of the past five years

BIGGEST STORIES … 32 The major storylines since 2017

LIFE IN 2016 … 42

NONPROFITS … 58

MEDIA LANDSCAPE … 44

PENNSYLVANIA … 62

A throwback to when we didn’t know Trump would be president We ask the experts where City & State fits

FERNANDO FERRER … 48 A Q&A with the former Bronx BP about power

JOE CROWLEY … 50

Reflections from the other side

GREATEST HITS … 55

The history of City & State’s top stories

NYN Media fills a unique role in its NY coverage City & State newest branch thrives

MEET THE STAFF … 66

The people behind the production

SOCIAL NETWORK … 70

A who’s who of politicians attending City & State’s events

PREDICTIONS … 78

The stories that will appear in our 20th anniversary issue

WINNERS & LOSERS … 90 Who won and lost the past five years

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EDITOR’S NOTE I HAVE BEEN with City & State since October 2020, and in that short time I’ve worked with colleagues who are among the best in the industry. It’s been the case from our early beginnings, proved by how many of our former colleagues have gone to work for major news outlets and to work on high-visibility projects. Among my predecessors, Edward-Isaac Dovere now writes for The Atlantic. David Freedlander just published “The AOC Generation,” a book that explores how millennials have risen to power in the movement sparked by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The AOC effect, or political earthquake, is also the subject of our cover story by Ben Adler, our former senior editor who recently moved on to work for Yahoo News. As for some of our former reporters, Laura Nahmias has worked for Politico and Chris Bragg is at the Albany Times-Union. Grace Segers now works for The New Republic after a stint at CBS News. I’m grateful for their legacy: helping to make a go-to publication and website that delivers policy-driven stories and analysis of New York politics. Well, now we’ve reached our 15th anniversary. Our latest issue focuses on this milestone as well as last week’s latest news, including the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Our editorial and creative teams, featured in this issue, never dropped the ball on the biggest story of this year so far, all while putting together this magazine. And our digital team – Digital Director Michael Filippi, Digital Marketing Manager Caitlin Dorman and Digital Strategist Isabel Beebe – made sure that our content got online fast and was promoted across social media platforms. They all truly capture the spirit of New York state’s motto: Excelsior! But wait, there are more people who have helped drive this excellence. Check out our section on events, featuring a who’s who of speakers and attendees. The events team gets the credit for that. This same section gives a nod to our advertising staff, which deserves a big thanks for their efforts, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. City & State also could not have made it to this milestone without our management and publishing departments. That would include Vice President of Operations Jasmin Freeman and Comptroller David Pirozzi. Business and Operations Manager Patrea Patterson, along with Administrative Assistant Lauren Mauro, Media and Event Sales Associate Zimam Alemenew and Legal Advertising Associate Sean Medal – have also been instrumental to sustaining and growing City & State. We took our news organization to a new level by adding an advisory board during my tenure. Chair Sheryl Huggins Salomon and members Sayu Bhojwani, Gregg Bishop, David Jones, Maite Junco, Andrew Kirtzman, Tara L. Martin, Mike Nieves, Juanita Scarlett, Larry Scott Blackmon, Lupe Todd-Medina, Ashwin Vasan and Trip Yang have provided insightful input on our power lists under the stewardship of List and Rankings Editor Jon Lentz. This group has raised the bar for City & State, ensuring that our lists include everyone who deserves to be on them. Working with them and my esteemed colleagues is why I consider this the job of a lifetime. Again, I say thank you. You are all City & State. Ralph R. Ortega Editor-in-Chief

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE In 2006, New York’s political world lacked a publication and website of its own. Hollywood had Variety, and Washington, D.C., had The Hill (a newspaper I helped create in 1994). So, why not a New York version of these – a publication that covered the policy, politics and personalities of our fast-moving political scene? The August 2006 issue of City Hall featured a front-page story about New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and explored his chances of becoming president one day. Even then, our award-winning reporters were way ahead of the news. I’m writing this note just a few hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation – news that was sent to City & State’s 30,000plus readers via an email breaking news alert. The delivery of news has changed and accelerated over the past 15 years, but our mission has stayed the same. City & State strives every day to provide our readership with accurate, nonpartisan and insightful news and analysis of the multifaceted political class throughout New York state. We’ve grown a lot since publishing a monthly newspaper 15 years ago. We created a multimedia newsroom that now produces our daily newsletters under the “First Read” banner; weekly newsletters that focus on Albany and political campaigns; as well as a bimonthly newsletter explaining the complicated topics in our political world. We also launched a weekly magazine. Plus, we host more than 50 live and virtual events annually, which bring the most powerful people around the state to network and speak on panels about the key issues of the moment. And we publish more than three dozen power lists and recognize the people on them at ceremonies highlighting who’s up and who’s down each year in the political pecking order. On this 15th anniversary, I want to thank the current and past employees of City & State, who have each worked tirelessly and ethically to make our brand synonymous with quality journalism and informative events. I also want to thank our many loyal advertisers and sponsors who have recognized that we can deliver to them a very powerful and otherwise hard-to-reach audience of elected leaders, decision-makers and thought leaders. Late last year, City & State was acquired by GovExec, a fast-growing, prominent D.C.-based media and information company. Our partnership with them allowed us to successfully launch City & State Pennsylvania earlier this year. Our editorial and business model has been extremely well received from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, and we now have plans to launch in another state by the end of this year. We hope in the coming years to have City & State newsrooms across the country. Our success shows that smart, dynamic media companies can still thrive in a world where local media has shrunk dramatically. By listening to our audience, our clients and our colleagues, we constantly innovate new products while maintaining consistent quality journalism. We look forward to celebrating many more milestones in the coming years – but for now, let’s all raise a glass and toast the great team at City & State on this 15th anniversary celebration. The best is yet to come. Tom Allon Publisher and Founder

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CEO’S NOTE We all know what a stale publication looks like – it’s there, staring at us, unread in a doctor’s office waiting room or in a giveaway bag at an event. Publications created for the sole purpose of producing celebratory plaques for advertisers. Contrast these rags with a thriving, living publication. Publications that capture the moment. Brands that are a force in their market, using consequential journalism to raise significant questions for a community … and answer them. This is where City & State resides. They have their finger on the pulse of the power players. This is what makes City & State special. The first time I encountered City & State was during the early days of COVID-19. The entire world was watching what was happening in New York City, which tragically had become the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders at the city level, as well as its boroughs, surrounding counties and state, were scrambling to contain the virus through new directives, funding policies and through public communication. At each moment, City & State was there leading the charge. The media company was built on covering the power players’ every move and documenting the consequences of their decisions. In normal times, these are political consequences. But during COVID-19, as we have learned, politics and policy quickly become life and death decisions. New Yorkers were reading the same insights and award-winning journalism as government leaders, all trying to navigate this ever-changing situation. This trusted commentary and analysis (and loyal following) are the essence of a great media brand. And the very reason we at GovExec are investing in City & State in New York and in new locations, like Pennsylvania and beyond. GovExec’s mission is to build a suite of tools that support state and local government leaders to do their jobs better, serve their constituents and grow their careers. In time, we envision a stable of City & State publications in key geographies across the country. We can catalyze government by providing everything that government leaders need to achieve their missions, and City & State is a centerpiece of that suite of tools. Information is as critical as ever. We are continuing to live through an era defined by issues like the pandemic, climate change and social inequity. And each step of the way, publications like City & State will be there documenting the shifting power structure and politics of our cities, states and the country as a whole. This is central to our idea of how City & State will grow and evolve in the future. We plan to launch in new locations and expand our coverage of these issues and the people driving them. Our vision is that a future generation will look back on this time and see how City & State captured this moment. The power dynamics in New York and other locations will be chronicled by City & State, and the rest will be history.

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“It’s the most precipitous collapse in the history of gubernatorial politics. And as with all Greek tragedies, at the heart of it all is hubris.”

THE CUOMO ERA COMING TO AN END

Assembly were talking impeachment at the Capitol and then there was that gubernatorial staffer telling all the world what a creep Cuomo could be. He officially succumbed to the much-feared curse of the third term by announcing on Aug. 10

A bad case of the Mondays apparently was too much for the scandal-plagued Gov. Andrew Cuomo to bear. Top staffer Melissa DeRosa had resigned. Members of the Wednesday, August

that he would officially resign on Aug. 24, but more than a few postmortems found his fall was many years in the making for the once all-powerful governor. Yet, despite the ongoing scandals over sexual harassment, nursing home data and self-

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Cuomo will leave office on Aug. 24, and the Assembly speaker has indicated he’s not going to pursue impeachment.

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ARRIVEDERCI Contrary to what this Daily News cover suggests, most New Yorkers will not be bidding Gov. Andrew Cuomo goodbye with any affection. Following a report detailing the governor’s sexual harassment of 11 women, calls for Cuomo’s resignation were nearly universal, even within his own party. The image of Cuomo marching to his political death – Dunkin’ cup in hand – is one his critics will look on fondly for years to come.

“The Big Apple just got bigger!” – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, celebrating the city’s population gain to 8.8 million residents in the new census figures, via Twitter

enrichment through a $5 million book deal, Cuomo might still have a political future. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has said impeachment will be off the table once he’s out the door, which leaves him an opening to mount a most improbable return to power. The odds are against Cuomo, but maybe, just maybe, he can emerge from this whole ordeal with an $18 million war chest and a theoretical path to political redemption as soon as next year.

NEW YORK WILL HAVE A FEMALE GOVERNOR

The fall of Cuomo means Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is on the rise. She will become the first female governor in state history just in time to position herself to win a full term in office next year. That will require her to overcome a number of obstacles. COVID-19 and rising crime are two, but the first one that Hochul is facing head-on is showing how she could be a very different governor. That was seemingly the theme of an Aug. 11 press conference where she promised to champion a new types of politics in Albany while ridding the Second Floor of the Capitol of the sexual harassment and toxic work environment detailed in the recent report released by state Attorney General Letitia James. Success on those fronts could go a long

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way toward helping her create a political identity separate from the man she has loyally served for years. So while political races tend to be more like marathons than sprints, she better get moving fast.

REDISTRICTING PROCESS GETS SERIOUS

Move over Rochester – Yonkers is now the third largest city in the Empire State. A treasure trove of census data released this week, however, is hardly a trivial matter. The data will play a big role in informing the

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Independent Redistricting Commission how best to divide the state into 150 Assembly districts, 63 state Senate districts and 26 congressional districts. That involves examining the demographics of cities, towns and villages across the state to determine which “communities of interest” matter the most, especially when it comes to making sure that minority voters have a chance of electing representative candidates to office. The commission is expected to submit new maps to the state Legislature early next year.

New York City’s population grew significantly since 2010, and lawmakers touted their census push in the middle of the pandemic.

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Kathy Hochul meets the press New Yorkers will have to wait a few more days to see their first female governor take power, but Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul showed a little bit of what to expect in her first press conference since Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his impending resignation. The biggest differences between the soon-to-be governor and the man she will replace appear to be more about style than substance, with Hochul highlighting her involvement in many of the political successes of the administration she has loyally served for years while distancing herself from the leadership style of the infamously heavy-handed Cuomo. His powerpoint-infused monologues from the Red Room in the state Capitol could sometimes last 45 minutes or more. “People will learn that my style is to listen first and then take decisive action,” Hochul told reporters at a 20-minute press conference held inside the Blue Room in the state Capitol. “It’s no secret that (the governor and I) have not been close, (but) I know the job. I have fought for the same policies.” Increasing the minimum wage, paid family leave, efforts to combat elder abuse and green energy initiatives were some of the specific issues that Hochul highlighted as successes she shared with Cuomo. The “pro-

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Chuck Schumer joins City & State for its 15th anniversary bash in midtown Manhattan, 6:30 p.m. at Midtown Loft.

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gressive policies” and “legacy of accomplishment” will continue, said Hochul. And like Cuomo – who moved leftward during his time in office – she is evidently OK changing with the times. “I’m proud of that law,” she said of 2019 law allowing undocumented people to get driver’s licenses – an idea that she vocally opposed years ago as Erie County clerk. “Our immigrants need that.” There are still several months to go until the next state budget process and legislative session begin in early 2022, but Hochul is already hinting at how she will approach the nuts and bolts of governance in much the same way as Cuomo. While downplaying the potential for disrupting the status quo on policy, Hochul made various claims about how she would be a different type of governor. She hinted at being less domineering of staff and more open to working by consensus with state lawmakers. “No one will ever describe my office as a toxic work environment,” Hochul said. And she promised to rid her administration of anyone implicated in a damning report released by state Attorney General Letitia James that detailed difficult working conditions and sexual harassment within the Cuomo administration. – Zach Williams

Political gossip ought to be flowing as freely as the wine at our first in-person event since the coronavirus struck New York.

THURSDAY 8/16 New York City indoor restaurants, bars and gyms will start requiring patrons to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 – a first-inthe-nation policy.

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ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM OLD CITY & STATE COVERS HINDSIGHT IS 20/20. ALSO, DO WE PRINT QUESTIONS ON OUR COVERS TOO OFTEN?

BY CAITLIN DORMAN 2020 Question: Magic Mike Bloomberg muscled in on City Hall – can he do it again? And Is New York ready for coronavirus?

AS JOURNALISTS, it’s our job to ask the right questions. In the past 15 years, some of those “right” questions seem laughable or even woefully naive in hindsight. For the benefit of our past selves, here are some answers to the big questions posed on old City & State magazine covers. 2017 Question: How much longer can politicians keep ignoring climate change?

Answer: Bloomberg dropped out of the 2020 presidential race to endorse Biden, but not before getting eviscerated on the debate stage by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. And this goes almost without saying, but obviously New York was not ready for the coronavirus.

Answer: According to the latest United Nations report, global warming will only get worse over the next 30 years. Politicians can continue to ignore the issue until we all die from the effects of rising temperatures and catastrophic weather events, or they can start caring and avoid “the most harrowing future.”

2019 Question: Could New York crush car culture?

2016 Question: Was Preet Bharara born to run?

Answer: Well we’d have to actually start congestion pricing first.

Answer: “Cause attorneys like us, baby we were born to …” wait on the sidelines indefinitely.

2018 Question: Who’s the next mayor of New York City?

2008 Question: At the top of his game, where can Chuck Schumer go from here?

Answer: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is the Democratic nominee and most likely the next mayor of New York City. Sorry to Curtis Sliwa’s 15 cats, who will likely not get to upgrade to the more spacious residence of Gracie Mansion.

Answer: It took about 13 years since this headline was printed, but Schumer found a new peak to summit as U.S. Senate majority leader.

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Since before he was HUD secretary for Clinton, Cuomo wanted to be governor.

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Andrew Cuomo wanted to solve political dysfunction. He became the epitome of it. He jammed through major legislation and passed on-time budgets in service of creating a legacy of competence. The veneer fell away this year.

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UOMO RETURNED TO a familiar theme as he announced his resignation last week. He said was not worried about what sexual harassment allegations and the threat of impeachment by the Assembly would mean for himself. No, the governor claimed in an online address, making government work for New Yorkers was what mattered most for the Empire State. “Government really needs to function today. Government needs to perform,” he added. It’s a variation on an idea that Cuomo has referred to many times before as his guiding principle. “I’ve spent my entire life doing one thing, making government work” Cuomo said for the umpteenth time in 2015. This idea supposedly drove him to reduce red tape and impose fiscal discipline during his tenure as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. His ability to get things done helped him secure historic penalties against predatory student lenders during his time as state attorney general. And Cuomo accomplished many things throughout his three terms as New York governor: He passed on-time budgets and established himself as a dominating force in a state Capitol long-defined by dysfunction. His ability to shepherd landmark legislation on matters like gay marriage and gun control empowered him with a reputation as an all-powerful master player of political chess. His claims to be able to make the wheels of government turn got etched into concrete, glass and steel at bridges, airports and other public works across the state. It is also the promise he ultimately failed most acutely to keep. This is the governor who promised to tell New Yorkers the facts about COVID-19 while his own administration was withholding data on the COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents. A bombshell report by state Attorney General Letitia James detailed his sexual harassment and gendered

treatment of staffers after he presented himself for years as a champion of women’s equality. He established a Moreland Commission in 2013 to investigate corruption in state government and then stopped it from investigating his political allies. Then there are his recent attacks on James and her investigators. They make for an interesting comparison to his solemn vows more than a decade ago when he was attorney general promising to conduct an impartial investigation of then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Cuomo’s ongoing denial that he sexually harassed anyone despite ample testimony to the contrary underscores how facts have played second fiddle to his political survival. There are more than a few signs that Cuomo’s rhetoric about good government was always a means to another end. “So much of Cuomo’s tenure (as governor) has been him trying to avenge the ghost of his father,” Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, told City & State. “This is nothing but a Greek tragedy, playing out over and over again.” Mario Cuomo served as governor in the 1980s and 1990s at a time when old school liberals like himself were losing strength as a political force. Cuomo has said he inherited from his father a faith in government as a potential force for good, but Mario Cuomo’s thwarted reelection to a fourth term in office in 1994 also underscored the dangers of appearing as too much of a political lefty at a time when a new generation of New Democrats led by newly elected President Bill Clinton were defining their party as fiscally conservative and socially moderate. His time as an assistant secretary – and later head – of the Department of Housing and Urban Development gave Cuomo ample opportunity to build a political brand. The idea of making HUD customer friendly though public-facing “community builders” did not exactly work out, but Cuomo did succeed in increasing the credit rating of the much-criticized federal agency. “His goal was

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to improve the department because housing was the business he was in prior to coming to HUD,’’ Denise Muha, executive director of the advocacy group National Leased Housing Association, told The New York Times in 2002 as Cuomo got ready for his first ill-fated run for governor. “But his goal also was to run for office in New York. There was no one who didn’t know that.” The wannabe candidate against George Pataki, the Republican who had ousted his father years before, presented his time in the federal government as indisputably civic-minded. “We took this big old government that nobody could make work and we transformed it,’’ Cuomo said in 2002 of his time working for the Clinton administration. This theme reappeared several years later when he bounced back from his 2002 primary defeat to win the race for attorney general after his predecessor Eliot Spitzer got elected governor. “I am looking forward to working with Governor Spitzer to fulfill the mission of restoring the public trust in government that the people of New York demand and deserve,” Cuomo said after his inauguration in January 2007. Cuomo pursued much malfeasance that the public might expect a top law enforcement officer to tackle. He investigated villainous car dealerships, greedy telemarketers and dubious practices by student lenders alike, but what he is most remembered for today is how he used the office to undermine Spitzer. This included a controversial investigation into Spitzer’s use of state troopers to surveil a Republican state sena-

New Yorkers some reasons to tor. Cuomo and his family had hope that he might be able to done similar things while his succeed where white knights dad was governor, but that did like Spitzer had failed. not stop Andrew Cuomo from Top achievements of the issuing a damaging report Cuomo era include a series of that focused on Spitzer, who timely budgets and the passage would eventually leave office of a litany of progressive bills. because of a prostitution scan- He made good on a campaign dal. “(Cuomo) has essential pledge to get same-sex marly been preparing for the next riage approved by the Legisjob since he was sworn into this lature after years of failure. one,” City & State’s predeces- Legislative leaders joined him sor The Capitol wrote in 2010 in creating the Joint Commisas Cuomo was within reach of sion on Public Ethics to crack getting elected governor. down on corruption. RepubThe challenges facing licans teamed up with Cuomo Cuomo were very similar to the ones he saw plaguing his to limit state spending and tax increases. Democrats leaned father years before. State law- on him to pass legislation like a makers were still missing the landmark gun control package April 1 deadline to pass a budin the wake of the 2012 mass get. State finances were a mess. shooting at the Sandy Hook ElThe fall of Spitzer and other – Christina Greer, ementary School in Newtown, political figures meant that associate professor Connecticut. His support of public confidence in state gov- of political science at Fordham University the breakaway group of Demernment remained low as anocrats known as the Indepenother new governor promised change. “That’s what this administration is dent Democratic Conference did not make going to be all about – restoring the pride,” Cuomo look like a loyal Democrat, but it did Cuomo said after getting inaugurated as gov- lend some credence to his claims that getting ernor for the first time 10 years ago. “Making things done was his biggest priority. “It will the government work, my friends. So people be fascinating to see, decades down the road, once again trust the government and trust how historians will measure the tremendous the institution. So that people once again be- productivity, in governmental terms, of Cuolieve in government, in themselves, and in mo’s tenure, versus how this ended,” said this state.” The following years would give Bruce Gyory, an adjunct professor of politi-

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In his resignation address, Cuomo said the political environment was too “hot” for reasonableness.

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When does Cuomo step down and Hochul become governor? Aug. 24. Hochul has been preparing for the possibility of needing to take over if Cuomo left office and says she’s prepared. Who takes over as lieutenant governor? When Hochul’s lieutenant governor post is vacated, the duties of the office will fall to state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins – who will still hold on to her post in the Senate – until Hochul appoints someone to

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serve as lieutenant governor. The question of whether someone in Hochul’s position can appoint a replacement in the case of a lieutenant governor vacancy arose over a decade ago, after then-Gov. David Paterson had just taken over for former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, and attempted to appoint Richard Ravitch to succeed him as lieutenant governor. The state constitution gave no guidance on how a lieutenant governor vacancy should be filled, prompting a challenge from the state Senate’s Republican leadership when Paterson moved to install Ravitch. But eventually, the state’s highest court affirmed that the governor has the right to appoint a lieutenant governor. There is still some

pushback on this ruling – Republican state Sen. Joseph Griffo has called for Hochul’s lieutenant governor appointee to be subject to legislative approval – but the 2009 ruling is expected to set the precedent for Hochul’s next steps. Does Hochul have to build an entirely new administration? It’s one thing to line up a successor in the lieutenant governor’s office, but Hochul now has an entire administration to worry about. One consideration Hochul will have to make in forming her administration – especially in the event that she runs for governor in 2022 – is how closely her people are aligned with Cuomo. “She likely

has to build an administration at least from nearly scratch,” Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf told City & State. “She can’t have Cuomo loyalists in there. Why? Because she’d be subject to attack from her opponents.” At the same time, completely clearing house in the Cabinet may not be the wisest move, as the government still needs to function during a transition. Other members of Cuomo’s administration are already wrapped up in controversy and may face their own challenges to stay in state government. Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has been criticized over a lack of clarity about the return to school amid the rise of the delta variant of COVID-19, and the leader of the New York State Association of Counties mentioned to Gannett Albany the group’s desire to avoid “a vote of no confidence in the health commissioner.” – Annie McDonough

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cal science at the University at Albany. More legislative accomplishments followed the 2018 Democratic takeover of the state Senate, which Cuomo was only too eager to tout. Yet, Cuomo has had a way of making his hands-on approach work against him. His ability to buck conventional thinking saved New Yorkers months of subway delays while repairs continued on a key tunnel connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan, but his infamous micromanagement of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority also led to wasted time and resources, which in turn hurt the broader cause of subway modernization. “Towards the end of my tenure, I felt that the job had become somewhat in-

tolerable,” Andy Byford, the former head of New York City Transit who resigned in early 2020, later said. Cuomo could move legislation with a phone call to key legislators, but his favorite tool of political power could also make a mockery out of the reforms he champions. One good example is a reported 2019 phone call he made to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie that seemingly affected a potential investigation into former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco. That was not exactly what Cuomo was promising when he and legislative leaders celebrated ethics reforms years before. There are many other examples of when Cuomo has arguably been too clever for his own good, but COVID-19 shows just how far he can go by claiming it is all about making government work. The first confirmed cases began popping up in New York in the early spring. Cuomo told City & State in an interview at the time that battling a deadly pandemic was a lot like making a fine wristwatch tick. He obviously would be the fine jewel inside guiding the hands along. “This is all about government performance,” he said in the interview inside the office adjacent to the Red Room at the state

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The governor gave himself two weeks to wrap up nearly three terms in office. How is he using that time? GOV. ANDREW CUOMO is stepping down, but he’s taking his time doing it. “My resignation will be effective in 14 days,” he said on Aug. 10 leaving New Yorkers to wonder what he will do – and what he could do, between then and Aug. 24, when Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to become governor. “This is a governor who is well known for retribution. And in most cases of resignation, there is a sigh of relief. And the eagerness to turn the page. But Andrew Cuomo is a different kind of politician,” state Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat, told City & State. It was a sentiment shared among many New York Democrats who, though hardpressed to name what specific mischief Cuomo could get up to in the next two weeks, were nevertheless nervous. “I hope there’s nothing nefarious about the 14 days, but it strikes me as too long a period,” former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, who’d been a thorn in the side of New York politicians during his time in office, including Cuomo, said in a statement emailed to reporters. Bharara couched his statement, admitting it “may be overly cynical.” After all, some former allies and political foes alike are expecting Cuomo to avoid making more controversy when he already has so many other scandals swirling. “I think much like Richard Nixon, Andrew Cuomo understands that this is all about his place in history, and he’s very conscious of his place in history,” said Peter Kauffman, a political strategist who consulted on Cuomo’s 2010 and 2014 campaigns. “The governor clearly wants to be seen as a good person who is stepping aside for the good of the people,

so he’ll likely be “ensuring a smooth, work-focused transition to try to salvage some good will for the future,” Kauffman said. “But also, be on your toes for some subterfuge.” Cuomo has a hard-earned reputation for bending the political world to his will, from supporting the formation of the Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate to directing the shifting of

Cuomo could do in his remaining two weeks, rather than the good. Just about two hours after Cuomo announced his pending resignation, New York Communities for Change shared a petition calling on “Governor Kathy Hochul” to extend the state’s eviction moratorium to June 2022. Why not focus on Cuomo? “If he decides in his fall from grace that he wants to do something

Cuomo promised to ensure a smooth transition to Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.

millions of dollars from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to struggling upstate ski resorts. “I think there’s a lot of giveaways he could still use his position as the governor to do,” said Jonathan Westin of New York Communities for Change, who pointed out that Cuomo gave a $115 million rent relief program contract to a company that employs a former adviser. “There’s a lot of contracts he could give away … There’s a lot he could do in two weeks.” Westin is more focused on the harm that he believes

good for tenants, more power to him,” Westin said. “But I don’t think it’s going to change his reputation.” Presidents and governors often go on clemency binges as their time in office wanes, pardoning or commuting sentences only after the potential political pushback can be muted. Cuomo’s former senior aide Joe Percoco and development czar Alain Kaloyeros were both convicted in federal court, not state court, so there’s nothing Cuomo can do for them as governor. But Cuomo has been far more conservative in granting

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clemency petitions than advocates for the incarcerated had hoped, and state Sen. Julia Salazar thinks now would be a great time to change that – but she’s not holding her breath. “I don’t know that he’ll actually be doing that. It’s probably not high on his priority list over the next couple weeks, but I hope I’m wrong.” Of course, Cuomo may be busy receiving legal advice of his own in the next two weeks. The governor is facing investigations from local district attorneys and at least two other probes. Two of the law firms hired to represent Cuomo and his office during the attorney general’s investigation are reportedly being paid by the state, and he may lose their representation when he leaves office. A third firm, Glavin PLLC, is being paid by Cuomo’s campaign committee. A request for comment from the governor’s office was not returned. But Cuomo once agitated for an elected official accused of sexual harassment to resign as soon as possible. Assembly Member Vito Lopez gave himself five weeks before resigning in 2013 – enough time to finish out the legislative session. “Vito Lopez should not spend another day in office, let alone a whole month,” the Daily News reported Cuomo saying in a statement at the time. “He should resign effective immediately and if he does not, he must be expelled.” Under pressure, Lopez relented. He resigned within four days. – Jeff Coltin

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Capitol where he would stage dozens of press briefings in the subsequent months. While President Donald Trump was downplaying the damage wrought by the pandemic and suggesting that Americans consider injecting themselves with bleach, Cuomo presented himself as a serious-minded leader with a realistic approach to saving lives. Much has been written since then about how Cuomo too failed New Yorkers by waiting too long to act against COVID-19 despite many warnings, but no one can dispute that millions of people had faith in what he was doing. Republicans were giving Cuomo high marks in the spring of 2020 and his approval ratings had never been better. So-called Cuomosexuals were fantasizing about a dark horse run for the presidency. He got an Emmy for public services rendered at his much-celebrated COVID-19 briefings. A book about his experience during the pandemic became a bestseller. Things had never been better, but outstanding criticism about matters like a multimillion-dollar book advance and his handling of the coronavirus in nursing homes hinted that everything was not quite right. “Pretty good ending for a New York Tough kind of year,” City & State wrote last December while proclaiming him as a winner of the year. “We’ll see where these new allegations of a toxic workplace and sexual harassment (which the governor’s office denies) take things in 2021.” The next eight months would show. The beginning of the end for Cuomo began on Feb. 10 with a fateful meeting between state lawmakers and Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa where she confided that his administration had not released data on

nursing home deaths because Trump might believe him rather than investigators, but it use it to his political advantage. Two weeks was becoming increasingly difficult to argue later, former gubernatorial staffer Lindsey that he was a source of stability rather than Boylan detailed allegations of sexual harass- dysfunction. His political problems had bement first aired the previous December. His come the No. 1 issue in state government rather than the resurgence political troubles only worsof the coronavirus or outened through March as mulstanding problems with his tiple investigations opened “It will be administration’s rollout of into alleged misbehavior fascinating to relief programs for strugthat included sexually hagling tenants and undocurassing gubernatorial staff- see, decades mented immigrants. ers, safety concerns at the down the road, It falls to Lt. Gov. Kathy Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, Hochul to start trying to the alleged use of state re- how historians fix all that now that Cuomo sources to write his book will measure has announced he will vaand the cover-up of data the tremendous cate the Second Floor of showing the true spread of the Capitol after 14 days. the coronavirus in nurs- productivity, in Cuomo became govering homes across the state. governmental nor like his father, but he He would fight back by assailing investigators and by terms, of Cuomo’s leaves office having not accomplished what he has claiming he was the victim tenure, versus claimed was the ultimate of politically motivated at- how this ended.” goal. Transforming New tacks. So much for instilling York into an exemplar of public faith in government. good government would His political survival was on have been a big challenge the line, and longtime po- – Bruce Gyory, adjunct for any governor, but it is litical allies and critics alike professor of political science hard to argue that Cuomo believed that Cuomo would at the University at Albany accomplished anything have to be impeached and enduring on this front. removed from office by state Yet, Cuomo did pay homlawmakers. age to this much-stated The release of James’ much-anticipated report at the beginning of goal as he announced his resignation. “I August, however, suggested that Cuomo’s love New York and I love you, and everydays in power were ending. His remaining thing I have ever done has been motivated political support eroded as longtime allies by that love,” he said. “The best way I can called for his resignation. Cuomo appealed help now is if I step aside and let governto New Yorkers and state lawmakers alike to ment get back to governing.”

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HEN NEW YORK CITY Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo enthusiastically pursued Amazon’s second headquarters, they surely expected any success to be celebrated. But when the tech giant announced in 2018 that Long Island City, Queens, would be one of their two new major office locations, the news was derided by many local legislators. State Sen. Michael Gianaris, who is now deputy majority leader, and New York City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer – both of whom represent northwest Queens districts that include the once-planned Amazon HQ2 location – came out against the deal on the grounds that the financial incentives offered were too generous, even though they both had signed a letter encouraging the company to come to the neighborhood. But it wasn’t Gianaris or Van Bramer who dominated national headlines about the anti-Amazon backlash. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who wasn’t even in Congress yet, having just won her first term in a BronxQueens district that is near, but doesn’t include, Long Island City, made news with her every utterance on the subject. Van Bramer’s tweet announcing his and Gianaris’ concerns received 125 retweets and 399 likes, which is a lot of interaction for a social media post by a member of the City Council. The next day, AOC – so instantly recognizable and oft-discussed that she is commonly referred to by just three letters, like FDR and JFK – sent a string of tweets expressing her own objections. The most popular message received more than 34,000 likes and more than 7,000 retweets. You might say Amazon, Cuomo and de Blasio got AOCed. Like former Rep. Joe Crowley and anyone else who didn’t see her coming, they didn’t appreciate the appeal of the messenger and her message of economic fairness, diverse representation – and a more frankly antagonistic attitude toward large corporations and the wealthy than even fairly liberal Democrats have typically articulated. Gianaris, Van Bramer, then-City Council Member Jumaane Williams and economic justice advocacy organizations such as New York Communities for Change rallied the opposition (though it was hardly a secret that Amazon was seeking inducements when some politicians had previously supported the effort). Many competing locations offered more money, and the opponents argued

that the nearly $3 billion in tax breaks was excessive. Amazon ultimately backed out after being subjected to hostile City Council hearings and facing the possibility of Gianaris exercising a veto through an obscure regulatory body. Yet in the public’s imagination, AOC was the one who killed the deal. Despite not being the first to weigh in, or the most involved in the dispute, she is in a sense the leader of every local cause she supports, because she is the leader of the left-wing opposition in New York. Gianaris and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins can justifiably claim credit for a number of hard-fought electoral and legislative victories. Majority party leaders, however, aren’t oppositional figures, by definition. To many on the left, especially those under 40 years old or so, that means they can never be fully trusted. A large and growing cohort trusts AOC though. She can shift the entire political landscape on an issue when she speaks. In terms of power under the law and legislative accomplishments to date, elected officials such as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Cuomo are the most important New York politicians of the past five years. State Attorney General Letitia James, whose report on multiple allegations of sexual harassment by Cuomo created the conditions that led to his resignation, holds both a powerful office and is apparently trusted by both moderates and liberals. But New York politics has been utterly transformed over the past few years by the progressive insurgency, of which AOC is the most high-profile and influential exemplar. She – and the panoply of organizations that support candidates like her, such as Justice Democrats, the other candidates themselves and advocacy groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, to which she belongs – are the most significant ongoing force in Empire State politics. “You can’t compare her power, because her power comes from the people,” said Ilona Duverge, New York City director for the Movement School, a nonprofit founded by veterans of Ocasio-Cortez’s 2018 campaign that trains political organizers. “And that’s something that is really hard to build.”

OC WAS NOT the only young progressive to challenge the political establishment in 2018, but her victory in the congressional primary held in June of that year was a political earthquake, because it showed that such an upset

was possible. Without AOC, would state Sen. Julia Salazar and the five other candidates who ousted former members of the Independent Democratic Conference (or IDC), which had shared power with state Senate Republicans, have won three months later? Would more socialists and other progressives have gone on to win state legislative races in 2020 and New York City Council races in 2021? Would New York City’s northern suburbs now be represented in Congress by Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones, two staunchly progressive Black men who had never run before their 2020 bids? Would India Walton – a former teenage single mother, first-time candidate and self-identified socialist – be the Democratic nominee for mayor of Buffalo, having defeated fourterm incumbent Byron Brown? Not necessarily, according to some of the leading operatives in New York progressive politics. “AOC has changed the algorithm of viability, and what people see as a viable candidate,” said Sochie Nnaemeka, New York state director of the Working Families Party. A conventional politician’s résumé, connections to donors and political power brokers are no longer needed. “The other side of that equation was also that to remove an incumbent, they must have been a deeply egregious

actor, either in terms of legality, morality,” Nnaemeka said. “There has to be a clear, morally understood reason why a Democratic leader should be challenged for institutions to get behind (a challenger). AOC threw out the rule book and forced people to ask, ‘What is the leadership our people deserve?’” The WFP, which exists to hold Democrats accountable to their base, didn’t endorse Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. As it usually did with Democrats who hadn’t committed any notable ethical or ideological transgressions, it backed the incumbent. It has since supported a number of winning progressive insurgents, including Jones, Walton and Bowman. In 2020, when AOC endorsed Bowman, then a middle school principal in the Bronx running against veteran Rep. Eliot Engel, Bowman’s campaign sent an email bragging that it had secured “the most coveted endorsement in NYC politics” – a bit of campaign puffery that actually rings true. New York political operative Luke Hayes has worked for three insurgent candidates endorsed by AOC in recent years: state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi in 2018, Tiffany Cabán’s Queens district attorney race in 2019 and Bowman in 2020. “It brings earned media and the attention of the online left, which can be small donors, texters, phonebankers,”

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AOC, center left, is the heart of New York’s progressive movement, uniting newcomers like Tiffany Cabán, left, and established progressives like state Sen. Michael Gianaris, center right.

Street). In 2013, none of the moderates won for mayor. Bill de Blasio ran on a very progressive platform. And then Bernie (Sanders) happened in 2016.” Hayes noted that all three of the AOC-endorsed candidates he worked for were already gathering momentum when she weighed in. The DSA and WFP had gotten behind Cabán. Other high-profile endorsers, such as Sanders and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, followed AOC’s lead. Bowman had the support of the WFP, Justice Democrats and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. Biaggi, who was running against then-state Sen. Jeff Klein, the former head of the IDC, was already attracting support from activist groups like the WFP. Each new effort to move the Democratic Party leftward builds upon its predecessors and lays the groundwork for its successors. Every campaign trains new staffers, or even future candidates, and builds the larger progressive movement. Ocasio-Cortez canvassed for Sanders in 2016, and in 2017 for now-state Sen. Jabari Brisport, who first ran unsuccessfully for City Council as a Green Party candidate. Ocasio-Cortez’s 2018 campaign, in turn, trained a new generation of young activists.

“AOC threw out the rule book and forced people to ask, ‘What is the leadership our people deserve?’” – Sochie Nnaemeka, New York state director of the Working Families Party

said Hayes, of an AOC nod. “It creates energy and buzz around a candidate.” In the New York City mayoral election, AOC’s power as a queenmaker was on full display. Just as The New York Times, long considered the holy grail of New York City Democratic primary endorsements, deliv-

ered upscale liberal neighborhoods (Manhattan’s Upper West Side and Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Heights) for Kathryn Garcia, AOC delivered leftier, more recently gentrified areas (Astoria, Brooklyn’s Fort Greene and Prospect Heights) to Maya Wiley with her late endorsement. “What she did for Maya Wiley was, almost overnight, transform Maya Wiley into a top-tier candidate,” said Rebecca Katz, a veteran Democratic consultant who worked for New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer in the mayoral race. “It just changed the whole narrative around Maya’s race. It wasn’t a long shot; it was winnable.” Cabán, a DSA member and former public defender who fell just 61 votes short of upsetting then-Queens Borough President Melinda Katz in the 2019 Democratic primary for Queens district attorney, recently went on to win the Democratic nomination to replace Van Bramer on the City Council. In every case, though, AOC’s endorsement is one of many, and each candidate is one in a string of left-wing challenges to the Democratic establishment that goes back at least to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ surprisingly strong performance in the 2016 presidential primary. “I think it’s been building for a while,” Katz said. “Go back to Occupy (Wall

CASIO-CORTEZ’S UPSET victory has parallels to another New Yorker’s shocking win in the preceding election. In a rebuke to career politicians, Republican 2016 primary voters chose a first-time candidate with an unprecedented ability to galvanize supporters on social media through his accessible, unfiltered communication style. Then, a group that might be described as the New York left’s inverse – older white voters who didn’t graduate from college – put Donald Trump in the White House, even though he trailed Hillary Clinton in preelection polling. It was this political earthquake that set the stage for the next one. Just as the 1974 election, held in the wake of Watergate, yielded a bumper crop of young liberal reformers in Congress, the shock and horror of Trump’s victory brought a new generation of Democratic activists into electoral politics. “Our two biggest bumps in New York City DSA (membership) have been Trump’s election and AOC’s election,” observed Brisport, a DSA member from Brooklyn. “I think in the first one, there was a strong fear of what was going to happen and a strong desire for solidarity and a vision of a better world being possible. ... On the opposite end of the emo-

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“I’m running against a movement. All across the country, the DSA socialists are mobilizing to stop Eric Adams.” – Eric Adams, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee

the way people understood primaries as something they could be a part of. Had AOC not won that race, I don’t think the last few years would have looked the same.” AOC also demonstrated that candidates who speak assertively, in their own identifiable voices rather than the cautious platitudes of typical elected officials – and who often do so directly and casually via social media, rather than through advertisements and carefully worded press releases – could appeal to Democrats as much as it did to proTrump Republicans. Since arriving in Congress, she has continued to attract fans with her compelling, unfiltered communications – most famously in her moving recounting on Instagram Live of the Jan. 6 attack on Congress by Trump-supporting insurrectionists. Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t necessarily the first New York candidate to develop a distinctly

human presence on social media and in interviews. But her reach – 12.7 million followers on Twitter and 8.7 million on Instagram – is unique.

EFORE THE 2018 primary, most people asked to guess the base of a forthcoming left-wing rebellion would probably have said one of the Manhattan or Brooklyn neighborhoods renowned – at least once upon a time – for being on the cultural cutting edge, like the East Village, Williamsburg or Bushwick. Instead, it came from Queens, the borough lodged in the American imagination by sitcoms like “The King of Queens” and “Everybody Loves Raymond” as a bastion of middle-class, quasi-suburban conventionality. AOC lives in the Bronx and is Latina, while Crowley, who is white, was the chair of the Queens Democratic County Committee. So you might have expected AOC’s margin of victory to come from Latino areas in the Bronx. Although she won a number of majority-Latino election districts, Crowley carried some too, along with mostly Black areas, such as LeFrak City. Crowley actually performed better in the Bronx portion of the district than in the Queens portion, because Ocasio-Cortez’s largest margins were often found in some of the whitest areas of the district, including the gentrifying northwest Queens neighborhoods of Astoria, Woodside and Sunnyside. Queens is also the borough where Cuomo and Trump grew up. Cuomo’s brash, hardnosed style and centrist approach (think Ed Koch) and Trump’s resentful, demagogic fear-mongering (like Rudy Giuanli) each embody archetypes of a white New York City that is disappearing. Queens is now only one-quarter white, and Ocasio-Cortez was just the first of many

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tional spectrum is AOC, who is just giving outstanding hope that like, ‘We can topple these giants who have sat in their offices for so long and stopped connecting with their community … and put in amazing progressives or socialists.” The DSA is far from the only progressive advocacy group to surge in the wake of Trump’s election. The New York affiliates of Indivisible, a national grassroots organization founded by former Democratic congressional staffers in December 2016, have been a font of volunteers canvassing for anti-IDC candidates and Democrats who flipped GOPheld seats in swing districts. In response to Trump’s flagrant sexism, litany of sexual assault allegations and anti-women’s rights agenda, the 2017 Women’s March brought hundreds of thousands into the streets of Manhattan, and the complementary increase in women running for office has led to the anticipated first female majority on the New York City Council. Millennials’ and Gen Z’s leftward turn in some ways predates even Trump, as young Americans reached adulthood amid an accelerating climate crisis and more expensive housing, health care and higher education in an increasingly unstable economy. Young Americans are significantly more amenable to ambitious public investments and safety-net expansions, such as a Green New Deal and “Medicare for All” and less afraid of anti-capitalist labels such as socialism. Still, it took a candidate to run and actually win to convince everyone from party bosses to first-time voters that left-wing challenges weren’t inevitably hopeless. “It changed the conditions within which we would run for office,” said Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, a DSA member who defeated incumbent Aravella Simotas in his first race, the 2020 Democratic primary, and now represents Astoria. “Her victory really changed

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candidates of color to replace a white elected official in the borough. Next year, the borough’s City Council delegation will likely include at least three more Asian American members and one more Hispanic member. The outflow of working-class and middle-class whites from New York City means that the moderate white outer borough politician typified by Crowley – and his cousin Elizabeth, who just lost a close race to Borough President Donovan Richards – can no longer win anything bigger than a city or state legislative race in a few remaining strongholds like Middle Village and Bayside. Astoria, Woodside and Sunnyside, with their shift from mostly blue-collar Irish, Italian and Greek residents to a polyglot melting pot from Asia, Latin America and the suburbs (by way of liberal arts colleges) embodies this transformation. This new paradigm – in which white voters are now more likely to cluster on the Democratic Party’s left flank rather than its right – has been seen in recent races. Sanders and Warren – the left-most contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 – failed to make significant inroads among Black voters, who instead delivered the presidential nomination to Biden, the quintessential moderate institutionalist. In 2021, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a Black former NYPD officer and ex-Republican, won among Black and Latino voters and in lower-income precincts in the New York City mayoral primary. But even when the left loses, its mutual enmity with centrist Democrats is inescapable. In late July, Adams spoke at a fundraiser for Republican City Council Member Eric Ulrich and declared, “I’m no longer running against candidates. I’m running against a movement. All across the country, the DSA socialists are mobilizing to stop Eric Adams.” He later disputed the widespread assumption

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Socialists have notched many victories in New York since AOC won her seat in Congress. From left: state Sen. Jabari Brisport, Buffalo Democratic mayoral nominee India Walton, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, state Sens. Julia Salazar and Zellnor Myrie, and WFP New York state Director Sochie Nnaemeka.

that this was a shot at Ocasio-Cortez. Although DSA campaigns, such as Salazar’s in 2018 and Cabán’s in 2019 saw similar voting patterns to Ocasio-Cortez’s first race – with the leftists winning the gentrified, Manhattan-adjacent areas and losing more blue-collar neighborhoods to the east – DSA candidates and their supporters dispute the claim that they are less popular in working-class communities of color than among white-collar professionals. Ocasio-Cortez’s office noted that Crowley enjoyed an incumbency advantage, but when facing a well-funded challenger from the right, former CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, in 2020, AOC won the public housing projects in her district and neighborhoods she lost in 2018, such as East Elmhurst, Queens, by wide margins. That same year, Brisport and Phara Souffrant Forrest, a DSA-backed candidate who defeated Assembly Member Walter Mosley in the Democratic primary, carried their districts’ majority-Black precincts. The bottom line is that they’ve won. And in districts without even a wisp of gentrification, candidates who are not in the DSA but are to the left of incumbents – and who sometimes represent demographic change – are also making inroads. The Sanders campaign and Ocasio-Cortez’s victory also reverberated in the other borough she represents, as political newcomers have challenged the Bronx political establishment. Bowman, a DSA member who

ousted Engel in a 2020 primary, represents an adjacent district that is split between the Bronx and Westchester. In another Bronx district, Rep. Ritchie Torres, the first openly gay Afro-Latino member of Congress, was elevated from the City Council in a 2020 primary to fill an open seat. The left had feared homophobic City Council Member Rubén Díaz Sr. would win, but Torres defeated him, Assembly Member Michael Blake and the DSA’s choice, political newcomer Samelys López, among other candidates. Despite the Bronx Democratic Party’s historic reputation as an old boys’ club, it recently did its part to change the City Council’s gender balance. Next year, five of the nine council members from the Bronx will likely be women, up from two. Although AOC’s and the DSA’s endorsements did not bring López anywhere close to winning, a number of Black and Latino women, many of them running to the left of their opponents, won other Bronx races recently. City Council Member Mark Gjonaj, a relatively conservative white Democrat, backed out of running for reelection against District Leader Marjorie Velázquez, who had unsuccessfully run against him in 2017 and this time had the backing of the WFP and unions such as District Council 37 and the Hotel Trades Council. Amanda Farías – who lost a race against Díaz Sr., the party-backed candidate, in 2017 – won the race to replace Díaz Sr. this year. This time, Farías had the party’s support against Díaz’s pick, Bronx Community Board 9 District Manager William Rivera. City Council Member Vanessa Gibson also just won the Democratic nomination to likely be the first woman to run the Bronx as borough president. “She’s definitely moved the needle a bit more left in the communities,” said Farías, of Ocasio-Cortez. But, Farías noted, an array of organizations and little-known activists also

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deserve credit for the changing face of New York’s political leadership. “Over the last handful of years, there have also been really super highly engaged women of color, immigrant groups, that have focused on finding the local leaders in communities, putting them through trainings and supporting them to feel prepared to run for office. I worked with New American Leaders; I worked with Women of Color for Progress. There’s other groups like Amplify Her, Higher Heights, that have looked at Black women, first- and second-generation Americans, immigrants, and have focused a lot of energy on preparing the next bench of people that could run insurgency races and win.”

HE EFFECT OF the insurgent left can be felt in new laws passed since Democrats took control of the state Senate in 2019, including an expansion of access to voting, driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants, strengthened rent regulations, bail reform and one of the most liberal and equity-focused marijuana legalization regimes in the United States. Many of these measures were being championed by liberals in the state Legislature for years, but they needed a Senate with comfortable Democratic majorities to pass. Marijuana legalization, for example, was sponsored by Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes and state Sen. Liz Krueger, and it fell just short in the upper chamber in 2019 despite the new Democratic majority, due to resistance mainly from the downstate suburbs. It got the margin it needed in 2020, when Democrats flipped three Senate seats in Western New York. And, foreshadowing the Buffalo mayoral race, these were not all moderates: the WFP backed state Sens. Samra Brouk and Jeremy Cooney in the Rochester area. Peoples-Stokes, though she told City &

State that the change in control of the Senate was important, had been previously quoted as a skeptic of the impact on outcomes that the four DSA members elected to the Assembly in 2020 have had in the 107-member Democratic conference. “The tail can’t wag the whole dog. … There’s not enough of them,” she told The Buffalo News in July. Nonetheless, she told City & State that Ocasio-Cortez and others “have energized and mobilized a generation.” “I’m particularly encouraged by their focus on the climate,” Peoples-Stokes said. “I’m also hopeful that (AOC) can use her platform to bring us to really begin to discuss the racial implications in every system that operates in New York.” Cuomo, historically a cautious moderate, signed all these measures as part of an overall shift that began in his previous term, after Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout won one-third of the vote when she challenged him in 2014. Teachout’s anti-fracking stance helped win upstate areas such as the Finger Lakes. Shortly after his reelection, Cuomo surprised even anti-fracking activists by banning fracking. In 2018, actress Cynthia Nixon challenged Cuomo in the Democratic primary. This time, Cuomo’s leftward repositioning came during the campaign, when he reversed his previous opposition to legalizing recreational marijuana and banning plastic bags. While she only received roughly the same 34% vote share that Teachout did, Nixon and her supporters could argue that their effort had changed state policy.

LTHOUGH BOTH GROUPS could be described as beneficiaries of political polarization, New York’s new progressive elected officials aren’t much like young right-wing firebrands, such as Reps. Madison

Cawthorn of North Carolina and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, whose main accomplishment is gathering headlines for trolling their political opponents and promoting unsubstantiated conspiracy theories. (Greene, a first-term member, recently called Ocasio-Cortez a “little communist,” which AOC deftly dismissed by saying, “First of all, I’m taller than her.”) AOC and her allies are much more serious than their counterparts on the right about having a tangible impact on constituents through policy. In her first term, AOC had no success in getting bills she sponsored passed, even out of committee. It should probably come as no surprise that her ambitious proposals like a national ban on fracking didn’t get through Congress. But her bill to repeal a long-standing ban on new federal public housing construction passed the House of Representatives in June and she worked with Schumer to get funeral assistance for families that lost members to COVID-19. New state legislators who ousted incumbents or party-backed opponents have been instrumental in passing recent landmark legislation. State Sen. Jessica Ramos wrote a law that increased labor protections for farmworkers, and Sen. Zellnor Myrie sponsored new voting rights laws, including the creation of early voting. Assembly Member Catalina Cruz – who grew up undocumented – helped lead the charge on the driver’s license law. Young women in Albany are combating sexual harassment in workplaces, including their own. The Sexual Harassment Working Group, a group of former New York state legislative staffers formed in 2018, promoted legislation to address the issue. In 2019, after chairing the first joint hearing on sexual harassment in 27 years, Biaggi sponsored a law that strengthens legal protections for victims of gender-based discrimination and harassment. The former Cuomo staffers who have spoken out about his alleged harassment may have been emboldened by this changing climate. While the #MeToo movement inspired women across the country to speak out, and Black Lives Matter has led to police reform in other cities, New York has been one of the places most affected by these movements for the same reason it has had the most dramatic blossoming of progressive politics: because of New Yorkers, people who boldly fight for their beliefs, people like AOC.

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Five years and a transformed New York

HINGS CHANGE FAST in New York politics. One season, you’re on the cover of every national magazine and schmoozing on cable news, and the next season you’re fighting calls for resignation from all sides. City & State has pumped out issues every week to chronicle the ups and downs, the winners and the losers. Here are some of the biggest stories of the past five years.

Trump’s 2016 presidential victory shocked his home state. We had no idea what we were in for next.

By Sahalie Donaldson

Thousands marched to protest the presidency of Donald Trump.

FOLLOWING A DIVISIVE ELECTION, Donald Trump officially moved from New York City to become the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017. In the days surrounding his inauguration, hundreds of thousands of protesters marched down New York City’s streets, kicking off a year of demonstrations. Though Trump’s popularity soared upstate in rural areas, the president received little love from his hometown. Trump’s children, who grew up in the shadow of their father’s New York City real estate empire, were also the source of a great deal of media attention. City & State profiled the president’s middle son Eric Trump in September. But while the response to Trump’s presidency was a battle that stretched across the country, New York City had its own source of conflict unfolding at the same time – one that spanned well prior to 2017 and beyond. It involved two of the state’s most powerful people: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. City & State broke down their feud in January with a piece entitled “Revenge is coming.” Their relationship had eroded to the point where they both rarely passed up

an opportunity to take a shot at one another by 2017. It was a big year for de Blasio all around. The mayor was easily elected for a second term in November with 66% of the vote, marking the first time a Democrat had been reelected to the position in the city since 1985. 2017 was also the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in New York. To mark the occasion, City & State looked at gender parity with a cover shoot of

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Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa. While progress had been made over the years, women were still excluded in government when it came to proportional representation. In 2017, only 13 of the 51 City Council seats were held by a woman. “To have a legislative body in a city like New York, progressive, where you have such an incredible gender disparity – it really does matter,” said then-outgoing City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. At the time, she was spearheading a campaign to get 21 women elected to the council by 2021.

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MANY ASSUMED THAT Rep. Joe Crowley, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, would once again be elected to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District. He was an incumbent for 10 years, a significant political player in New York City and was even a potential front-runner to replace House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. They were all wrong. Progressive political upstart Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then 28 years old, stunned the New York political establishment and Democrats all across the country when she beat Crowley in a resounding upset victory with 57% of the vote. Ocasio-Cortez was not the only Democrat to win big in 2018. The Democratic Party managed to flip the state Senate in November for only the third time in a half a century. This gave Democrats single-party rule in New York and the opportunity to push forward policies that Republicans had held up in the chamber for years. The Independent Democratic Caucus, a breakaway group of Democrats who made a deal to work with Republicans, dissolved. Most IDC members then lost their state Senate seats to young, progressive insurgents including Alessandra Biaggi, Jessica Ramos, Julia Salazar and Zellnor Myrie in the Democratic primary. State Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins became the first woman to be state Senate majority leader. Policies like single-payer health care, the Reproductive Health Act, criminal justice reform and changing voting laws all became far more feasible for the Legislature to tackle. But with great power came great opportunity – both to step up and to fall short. City & State looked at what challenges might arise from Democrats holding control of both chambers. Political leaders suggested that a fissure could appear between the New York City progressives and the new Democrats representing the suburbs.

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That reform would be rolled back in 2020, just a few months after taking effect and after critics linked it to a rise in crime. In New York City, local opposition forced Amazon to back off from plans to build a major headquarters in Queens. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and de Blasio both attempted to run for president – with disappointing results. De Blasio started and ended his presidential campaign within the span of four months. City & State wrote about de Blasio’s abortive presidential campaign in September, tracing it to him being unsuccessful in reducing inequality and unaffordability – both things the mayor had touted as core promises. But City & State argued that no mayor has the capability of fixing the economic and educational inequity plaguing New York City because the city government lacks the direct power needed to do so.

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LETITIA JAMES SHATTERED racial and gender barriers when she was elected New York attorney general in 2018. She became the first African American woman to serve in a statewide office, the first Black person elected as attorney general and the first woman in New York to fill the position. City & State published a profile of James in December, exploring the historic first year, her political relationship with Cuomo and the flurry of attention she received for taking on the president. “If any of my remarks in the past have criticized the president and/ or this administration for violating the law or the rights of certain individuals, I’m not sorry,” James told City & State. “The law looks at facts, not rhetoric, and application to the law, not my political persuasion, or my political comments.” In Albany, new Democratic majorities passed a historic bail reform package eliminating cash bail for many low-level offenses.

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George Floyd’s murder struck a nerve in New York City, where stop-and-frisk policing and the killing of Eric Garner had traumatized a generation.

BY MID-MARCH, just weeks after the first incidence of the new coronavirus was iden‑ tified in New York, the city wracked up enough cases to account for roughly 5% of the world’s confirmed cases. Businesses and schools closed their doors, wealthy residents fled the city to second homes, late‑night sub‑ way service was eliminated and hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost their jobs. At the head of all of this turmoil and dev‑ astation was Cuomo, who within the span of about seven months went from receiving one of his lowest approval ratings since tak‑ ing office to being one of the most popular politicians in the country. City & State looked at this newfound pop‑ ularity and his place in the national spotlight in March. By the end of the year, more than 30,000 New Yorkers had died of COVID‑19. In April, City & State analyzed why New York was being hit so hard. Urban density, racial and economic disparities, the city’s role as a hub of global commerce and transpor‑ tation and a politically charged federal re‑ sponse all contributed. Key decisions made by Cuomo also played a role, such as a lack of preparation and a delay in shutting down. Following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25, thousands of New Yorkers joined protests across the city to rally against police brutality and call for cuts of at least $1 billion to the New York City Police Department. State lawmakers and the City Council both reconvened to pass landmark legislation, in‑ cluding a repeal of the 50‑a law, which kept police disciplinary records secret and a po‑ lice chokehold ban. Protesters also managed to influence the city budget, which shifted funds away from the NYPD, though many activists say the cut did not go far enough.

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One of the highlights of my Senate career was being selected for City & State’s Best Beards in Albany. Congratulations on 15 years! – state Sen. Kevin Thomas

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2021 Adams wins, Cuomo leaves

Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo briefly touted their friendship before the governor was forced to resign.

Cuomo aides seemed to admit to covering up the true toll of COVID-19 in nursing homes, leading to a cascade of criticism of Cuomo’s governance. What began as discussion of his bullying and intimidation gave way to multiple allegations of sexual harassment over several months of emerging scandals. Following a five-month investigation into allegations against the governor, state Attorney General Letitia James concluded that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including current and former state employees. Republicans and Democrats alike, including a majority of New York’s congressional delegation and President Joe Biden, called for Cuomo’s resignation. On Aug. 10, Cuomo announced his resignation without admitting to any intentional wrongdoing. He seemed intent on avoiding impeachment proceedings. “Government really needs to function today,” Cuomo said as he ceded his position to Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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A NEW MAYOR for New York City, a threeterm governor stunningly ousted, legal weed, a major vaccination effort and a virus resurgence – and 2021 is only halfway over. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams officially won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary in July, making the former police officer all but guaranteed to take office on Jan. 1, 2022. A new slate of City Council candidates also prevailed in the primary, increasing representation of women in the City Council to at least 50%. For the first time, all three citywide elected officials are likely to be Brooklynites. In November, Adams will face Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the general election, which many are regarding as a formality. Adams is almost certain to become New York City’s second Black mayor since David Dinkins became the first in 1989. But while one New York politician rose in 2021, another imploded. In February,

Our Perspective We Mourn Richard Trumka, and Will Fight in his Memory

By Stuart Appelbaum, President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, RWDSU, UFCW Twitter: @sappelbaum

he world lost a tireless fighter for working people on August 5, when AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka passed away. At the RWDSU, we often saw first-hand the dedication of a man who was willing to go toe to toe with anybody if it meant defending the rights of working people and creating a fairer and more equitable society where all of us have our voices heard, not just the wealthiest and most powerful. After being elected President of the AFL-CIO in 2011, Rich’s first trip to New York was to stand with RWDSU members at the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx to demand living wages, especially at projects funded with taxpayer money. In Williamson, New York, he was there on the front lines to stand side-by-side with hundreds of striking RWDSU members at the Mott’s applesauce plant. Richard Trumka’s vocal support helped the workers win their strike against a corporate employer that was trying to slash wages and benefits despite enjoying record profits.

Trumka stood with working people at Kingsbridge Armory in 2011. Richard Trumka joined the RWDSU in taking on Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama, standing with the courageous workers there who are trying to organize a union in the face of Amazon’s unlimited resources and willingness to break labor law to destroy their campaign. He was always there to answer the bell, no matter

how big or small the fight when it came to workers’ rights. He was a visionary and an inspirational leader. Richard was born into a mining family in Pennsylvania, and as a miner himself, he knew early on the importance of union activism and giving a voice to working people. Mining can be deadly work, and those prying coal from the depths of the earth know there is always a chance they might not make it home. These workers back each other up and watch out for each other and protect each other. The values he learned in the mines and in the mining labor movement shaped his entire life’s work. As President of the AFL-CIO, he gave a voice every day to millions of union members and all working people in this country, and he brought to the labor movement an incredible energy, spirit and passion that showed during his entire career. We will miss Richard Trumka, but we will never forget him. We will continue to fight for the values he held dear, and we will continue to bring a voice to all working people in his memory. There can be no greater tribute to his legacy than continuing to fight for better lives for all working people and their families.

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What was the world like in 2016?

Remember the blockbuster hit ‘Finding Dory’? No? Here’s a snapshot of the 2016 cultural landscape.

F YOU’RE DOUBTFUL that anything’s changed in the past five years, take a look at these highlights.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2016 was unforgettably the year that brought reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald Trump into office. Trump beat Hillary Clinton with 304 electoral votes to her 227. It was a New York election, with the lifelong Queensite taking on a former New York senator. TOP FILM The year’s highest-grossing film was highly anticipated by toddlers and children alike: “Finding Dory.” The Pixar film wasn’t particularly remarkable for anything except being a sequel. But the film was followed by Star Wars prequel “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and one of the dozens of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, “Captain America: Civil War” – the three top films all being part of Disney acquisitions proved the company’s continuously growing dominance in media. TOP SONG Drake’s “One Dance” became the biggest hit on Spotify – the song has cemented nostalgia for the summer of ’16 five years after. The use of Spotify stats as the metric for “best song” also shows how streaming has completely changed the way we talk about music.

Trump shocked the nation when he beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

TOP SHOW To really put time in perspective, Season 6 of “Game of Thrones” was 2016’s hottest show – only to become the “Show Who Must Not Be Named” a few years later with a disastrous final season. The sixth season was the first to not be partially adapted from an already published novel. TOP GAME It’s hard to believe, but Pokémon Go was a video game that actually got people outside. Though the hype quickly died, crowds swarmed in public to catch rare Pokémon like Chansey and Vaporeon across the globe. The phenomenon also

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I would like to congratulate everyone who has worked at City & State over the last 15 years on this amazing achievement. For over a decade, City & State has been providing readers with quality coverage on all of the important news items about New York’s leadership, while at times giving a glimpse behind the curtain of New York politics normally only seen by us elected officials. I appreciate their hard work and dedication to the readers. Here’s to City & State’s continued success for decades to come! – state Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Colin Kaepernick became a lightning rod when he refused to stand for the national anthem.

caused then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to say, “I want to figure out how to get them to have Pokémon Go to the polls.” SPORTS FLASHBACK Colin Kaepernick chose to take a knee during the national anthem to protest the idea of pride for a country where Black men are murdered by the police. His decision was highly publicized and scrutinized by many, but he was also joined by other football players and athletes outside of the sport.

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TOP VIRAL CHALLENGE If you had the (mis)fortune of knowing any preteen-to-teen boys in 2016, you’re probably familiar with the water bottle flip challenge. The trend was popularized by a viral video of a teenager flipping a water bottle at a talent show. It resulted in millions of plastic water bottles being halfdrunk and thrown until it landed upright on a flat surface. WHERE WERE THEY? Letitia James: Serving as New York City public advocate, and, in a preview for what lay ahead, she was suing the city Education Department, saying it wasn’t properly serving students with disabilities. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Working as an organizer for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president. Andrea Stewart-Cousins: Serving as the state Senate minority leader, not yet as one of the famous “three people in a room.”

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Experts weigh in on the future of news and where City & State fits.

By Annie McDonough

Print media in New York City has been gutted in the past 15 years, and the news business has transformed.

media landscape, including Elinor Tatum, publisher and editor-in-chief of the New York Amsterdam News; Javier Lacayo, senior vice president at SKDK; and Jere Hester, editor-in-chief of The City. These responses have been edited for length and clarity. What are the most important changes the local news landscape has gone through in the past 15 years? JERE HESTER: We all know the bad news: The shrinking of local news staffs, especially at the Daily News. Major losses, from the shuttering of DNAinfo to the end of regular publication of The Village Voice to the recent nixing of The Wall Street

Journal’s Greater New York section. But the most important changes are the seeds of a good-news story: a burgeoning nonprofit media sector that’s built on what City Limits started over 40 years ago – from the rise of outlets like Chalkbeat, Documented and, yes, The City. Put that together with a certain 15th birthday well worth celebrating, and there’s good reason for hope. ELINOR TATUM: The most important changes that the local news landscape has gone through over the past 15 years is the slaughter of the local newsroom. Daily newspapers have gutted their newsrooms and local news, and the communities that were once served have been the victims. If it were not for community-based news

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JAVIER LACAYO: The past decade has been devastating for local newspapers nationwide – with many having to lay off reporters, sell to larger media companies and sometimes close altogether. There’s also been a digital media revolution that’s transformed local news, just like we’ve seen on the national front. Print circulation in New York is a fraction of what it once was, and where a story lands on the homepage or whether it trends on Twitter can mean much more than its placement in a publication’s print edition. But New York’s local media has proved incredibly resilient – even at the borough level. What do you expect will change about local news in the next five years? ELINOR TATUM: Local, community, ethnic media will continue to gather strength and will be the real voice of New York and metro areas around the country. With the help of grants and other initiatives popping up nationwide, local media will be the heart and sole of news going forward. JAVIER LACAYO: Digital media will increasingly keep shaping how we consume news and interact with local reporting. We’re already in a new age where outlets can reach fresh, highly engaged audiences on a daily basis thanks to the Twitter presence of their reporters or content that is adapted for a TikTok video – a trend that will only continue. And we’ll see more paywalls to replace traditional avenues of revenue. While this may seem like a downside for consumers, I hope it will lead to bolder and better reporting that can incentivize readers to make more personal investments in their local news. JERE HESTER: The stakes have never been higher for local news – and, perhaps, for our city. The pandemic underscored the urgency of getting New Yorkers the news and information they need to navigate tough times, make decisions and hold elected officials accountable. The next five years, certain to be filled with decisions that will shape New York

City for decades to come, demand a vibrant, accessible local media built on service. The energy and innovation are there. The future hinges on key players – from foundations to corporations to civic leaders to readers – recognizing that local news is vital to keeping the lifeblood of our city pumping. How do you see publications like City & State fitting into that new media landscape? JERE HESTER: We’re in a postcompetition era: There are more stories than all our local news outlets can possibly cover. There are also endless opportunities: for new players to emerge, for using digital media to better serve audiences, for outlets working in tandem to give New Yorkers the news and information they demand and deserve. Over the past 15 years, City & State has emerged as an authority on the intersection of policy and power, putting institutional knowledge into the service of chronicling changing times. That will be a key role as New York – and its media – enter some uncharted territory. ELINOR TATUM: Absolutely, it serves a niche that is untouched by other publications and can pivot off of the community and ethnic press. So by working in tandem with those outlets, it can fill a void that was never adequately addressed in the first place: 360-(degree) coverage that takes into account the nuances of ethnicity, community and politics. JAVIER LACAYO: City & State must never lose sight of the unique value it has consistently brought to its readers despite years of change. It was one of the pioneers of New York’s local digital media landscape with its morning newsletter, and will continue to be a go-to resource for local politics as long as it remains responsive to the appetites of its well-informed readers. For instance, the new “Campaign Confidential” has provided details on the 2021 primaries you can’t get anywhere else, bringing in a new generation of politically active newcomers. I have no doubt City & State will keep meeting the moment.

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I’m happy to add my congratulations to City & State on 15 years of award-winning journalism! City & State has become an indispensable link between elected officials and the New Yorkers they represent. No matter how hectic my days are, they’re reliably bookended by City & State’s First Read newsletters in the mornings and evenings. As our news keeps getting bigger at a time when our newsrooms keep shrinking, City & State’s continued dedication to covering New York is more critical now than ever. Thank you City & State, for filling an important role in all of our communities. Congratulations!

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Fernando Ferrer opines on the nature of power The former Bronx borough president weighed in on City & State’s lists and New York’s biggest political players of the past five years.

By Ralph R. Ortega

So, the last time we spoke, you said to me, “Oh and by the way Ralph, if you

ever do a 70 Over 70 list, I’m going to come down there and kick your ass!” I know you were joking. But why do you think people clamor to be on City & State’s lists? Well, I think for a large number of people who are named on these lists, it’s meaningful. It’s an affirmation of their work. Do you know how many times you’ve been on these lists? No, I haven’t counted. A couple times? I don’t know. I would not like to see myself on any list. I’m a demure kind of guy. But I know some people consider it a blessing. I consider it a mixed blessing. The lists are about people with power. How do you define power?

That’s a very interesting thing. The traditional definition is to get someone to do something they wouldn’t normally do or could not easily have done. We certainly have witnessed abuses of power recently … I knew you would try to dance me in this direction. I feel horrible for (Cuomo’s) mother. I know her. She’s a terrific woman. I just feel horrible. You know, but all the other stuff I never witnessed anything so I’m not in a position to judge. What message does Cuomo’s plight send about power these days? Well, more than 20 years ago the news of Monica Lewinsky broke on the front pages, you know, this isn’t new.

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ERNANDO FERRER WAS Bronx borough president from 1987 to 2001, the year he also launched the first of two unsuccessful runs for New York City mayor. Ferrer also served three stints as acting chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for Gov. Andrew Cuomo. City & State caught up with Ferrer for its 15th anniversary issue just days before Cuomo announced his resignation in light of the sexual harassment allegations investigated by state Attorney General Letitia James. Ferrer spoke about City & State’s lists and how he perceives power. He tried to skirt around talking about Cuomo while speaking about other powerful political players from the past five years. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer has spent decades in public service.

What stands out the most looking back at the past five years regarding power in New York politics? The age of Trump. I mean, to describe nausea every day doesn’t begin to capture it. And that’s a guy I know. He’s a bad guy. He says whatever he thinks is necessary to say to advance himself, and that can change 25 times on a given day. I saw him do that a couple of times and it just drives me crazy. This is a guy with absolutely no morals. None. Not going by the script is one thing. Flipping the script is one thing. But, what he did was frightening in the context of our democracy. What’s even more frightening are the people who let him do it. What are your thoughts on another standout power player from the past

five years, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Has her work countered some of Trump’s? At some point, somebody is going to ask, does any accomplishment of hers match her aspirations? Because that’s the standard by which anyone in public office is judged, and you can’t evade it. There’ll be a time for her to do that. I don’t see her in an executive position. I read something recently that an executive office like mayor or governor didn’t appeal to her. I understand that. She’s much more influential as the player she is, not trying to run something because I don’t think she could do it. You need a whole different set of skills to do that. She’s more of an individual who’s set the pace on some reforms, set the trend on how we look at things. I give her a lot of credit. She’s done quite a lot with her position in the Congress.

ue (in) public service as an adviser, something like that, but I just don’t see. He expressed interest in running for governor. I don’t see that happening.

How about Letitia James? Look, you’re asking somebody who’s an unabashed big fan. I’ve been a fan of her since she was then-Assembly Member Roger Green’s assistant. When she first ran for the City Council, I got a call from somebody in the Working Families Party. “She didn’t get the Democratic nomination. Would you support Tish?” the person asked. I said, “Gladly! Happily support her.” So I’ve been a supporter of hers right from the start. I think she’s a woman of very unusual integrity.

I appreciate that you made the time to speak with me. Happy to. Let me just add one final thing. You asked interesting questions and it was all founded on perceptions of power. And I suppose that’s how people who are on the outside or even on the inside (who are) just beginning look at politics and public service and government. I’ve come to a different place. So that’s why I’m a lot more sober about it. I’ve seen a lot about these things, I’ve seen a lot, done my share. Somebody asked me, “Why are you driving yourself crazy with the MTA?” I’ve been acting chairman three times. I’m a public servant. Being the acting chairman of the MTA doesn’t enrich you, doesn’t put more money in your pocket, doesn’t give you any more power. You don’t even get a free MetroCard, goddamnit. But all you do, and that should be enough, is have the sense that you served, did a few good things, even if other people are going to take credit for what you started. That’s OK. You can always say, “This is why I went into this, I am a public servant.” So for people who think this is about power, that’s only one way of looking at it.

What were your thoughts on the independent investigation into Cuomo? You know, he’s going to face some accountability for this, and not only legislatively. So you want to be very careful how you treat people and how you encourage prejudging things. After almost eight years of another power player, Bill de Blasio, knowing what he set out to accomplish and how he diverted to run for president, what do you think his next act is going to be? I don’t see elected office in his future. He may be able to go out and you know contin-

How do you see his legacy? Let me start by saying we’re friends. I supported him. He has supported me in the past. I mean, friends and allies, you know, even when I, as a member of the MTA board appointed by Cuomo, I would talk to him. Look, we’re going to have some disagreements on things but that doesn’t mean it should escalate out of control to the detriment of people who pay a fare and expect to be taken somewhere safely and affordably. So, the extent to which you can work with people, you should do that. I think he knows that his time at governing is drawing to a close and I don’t see another time for him.

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It’s been quite a ride

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The past five years has changed New York’s political landscape in ways no one expected.

By Joseph Crowley

F THE PAST five years have taught us anything, it’s that New York politics is just as unpredictable as ever. And I don’t just mean election outcomes – though, those, including my own, certainly add to the unexpected. But by unpredictability, I mean the shifting political dynamics of the city and state and the events that helped shape them. Perhaps nothing has been more unpredictable in New York politics than the rise of Donald Trump. Hailing from my home borough of Queens, Trump shocked us all when he went from online conspiracy theorist to the Republican nominee for president. Far from a father of New York business, philan-

thropy or society, Trump’s ascension was as much of a surprise to New Yorkers as it was to the world. It led many, myself included, to make clear that Trump was the antithesis to what our great city and state stood for – that his vile comments on immigration were in contrast with the city home to the Statue of Liberty, and that his tough talk wasn’t a product of being from Queens but of his own insecurities. Despite the overwhelming condemnation and detachment from the former president, his association with New York was hard to shake. And in many ways, the efforts to draw a stark contrast with his policies led to a greater acceptance of more progressive pol-

icies and ideas. In many ways, Trump’s rise was a product of the economic insecurity in our country, something New York is all too familiar with. Whether it was the Sept. 11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis or more recently, the economic downturn as a result of the global pandemic, New York has taken its fair share of hits. Yet, every time the state was beaten down, counted out and expected to never return to its stature, New Yorkers proved those theories wrong. But there’s no question that the toll of each financial hit affected employment, real estate, personal finance and more with lasting impact. The pandemic that has con-

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1949, lost his primary battle in 2020 after serving his district for nearly five decades. Lentol’s loss, coupled with the retirements of senior members of the Assembly on both sides of the aisle, resulted in a new wave of leaders in Albany and will certainly change the makeup of the lower and upper chamber for years to come. A similar scene took place in New York’s congressional delegation. Like my own loss in 2018, Eliot Engel, a powerful committee chair and veteran lawmaker, lost his primary battle this past cycle. And the retirements of Congress Members Nita Lowey and José E. Serrano, who collectively served New York for over 60 years, also opened the door to new dynamics among an increasingly diverse delegation. Despite the loss of powerhouses in the House of Representatives, New York was bolstered by the rise of Sen. Chuck Schumer to majority leader of the U.S. Senate. Schumer’s ascension came at a pivotal time for the state and country, and much focus will be on the effectiveness of his leadership and how he manages a one-seat majority. National issues were front and center during the mayoral primary, and while

much of the focus was on the bungled ballot counting, Eric Adams’ win should send a message to national Democrats heading into the midterm elections. I always tell people that the state isn’t a bellwether for the rest of the country, but between the primary races in Buffalo and New York City, New York is showing signs that ideological diversity of the Democratic Party is alive and well. Of course, the hiccups with vote counting became a national issue itself. New York’s first trial with ranked-choice voting was not without drama, but as I like to say, New York isn’t Maine and there were bound to be a few challenges. But I imagine a lot of people – voters and candidates alike – are left wondering whether the complications were worth it in the end. What’s past is prologue, and as we head into the next election cycle, the unpredictability that is New York politics will continue as the presumptive future mayor of New York builds his administration, the economic recovery from the pandemic continues to be at the forefront and the looming reapportionment battle reaches the doorstep. One thing we know for certain: It will definitely be an interesting ride.

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Congratulations to City & State on your 15th anniversary! The thing that I think comes to mind for me when I think of City & State besides the insightful articles, interviews and daily First Read are of course the magazine covers. The covers manage to convey so much in one page whether they make you laugh, put you in awe with a moving photo of a person, or use a creative graphic design or cartoon all while capturing the big topic of the moment. The covers are a pithy snapshot into our current New York state political climate, and even the cover can become a hot topic of conversation in many circles. Thanks to all of the hardworking journalists and staff who have worked to make City & State a trusted guide and news resource for so many in New York state government and politics.

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sumed us for the past year and a half took an enormous human toll on the state and its recovery, from both a public health and economic standpoint, and will be top of mind for policymakers for years to come. Moving on from economics to politics, one of the biggest events to shake up New York over the past five years was when Democrats seized total control of the state Senate. This victory has already created a seismic shift in state politics and will continue to play a significant role in the upcoming reapportionment battle. For half a century, New York had a divided government. Now that that has changed, it is hard to imagine Republicans ever controlling the governorship or either House in the state Legislature. And with Democrats bucking the national trend in this past election by securing a supermajority in the state Senate, the policy implications – as well as the pressure on the governor – are significant. Just how leaders in Albany utilize this power will certainly be something to keep a close eye on in the coming years. This past election also resulted in turnover of a different kind. Longtime Assembly Member Joe Lentol, whose family represented a corner of Brooklyn since

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City & State has shed light on both the good and bad, placing a focus on ensuring that New Yorkers are aware of policy decisions and the information necessary to hold their representatives accountable. Also, City & State has managed to provide necessary levity at times, finding a way to use humor and insight on the personalities of individuals in government as a vehicle to deliver the message of its importance. Further, I applaud the intentional organizational changes made by City & State in relation to diversity in its newsroom and having a greater dedication to ensuring all perspectives are heard.

The history of City & State

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EW YORK POLITICS was a lot different 15 years ago. Michael Bloomberg still called the shots at New York City Hall. Westchester County Legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Andrew Cuomo were making moves to win their first elected posts in Albany. This was an era when baby boomers and their older counterparts were at the height of their powers. It might sound quaint now, but digital-print hybrid magazines with drip like City & State mostly existed in the minds of editorially inclined futurists back then. It might sound incomprehensible to us now, but there were no smartphones back then. You couldn’t even tweet, so most people would watch television, read newspapers or surf the information superhighway for favorite news outlets like the New York Sun. Elected officials, lobbyists and political

How two newspapers became a magazine. By Zach Williams

Mike Bloomberg was New York City mayor when we launched, and he became an avid reader.

junkies who now regularly consume dozens of news articles per day could only read so much via their primitive dial-up internet connections. Luckily for them, a scrappy publication called City Hall debuted in 2006 to provide these readers with their political fix. Success did not come purely from the sheer awesomeness of this monthly publication printed in tabloid form – though the artistic moxie of those early issues presaged many more lampooned politicians to come. One example is the November 2007 cover showing “Guru” Bloomberg teaching other mayors how to leverage their personal fortunes and moderate politics for political advantage. Then there was the clairvoyance of the reporting. “He can only change so much,” notes a July 2008 story about the mayoral aspirations of then-Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose political dreams would later im-

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plode because of his inability to stop sending lewd images via the evolving medium of text messaging. That high-quality journalism caused then-President and CEO Tom Allon, a longtime Manhattan newspaperman who is now City & State’s publisher, to debut a publication in 2008 to meet the needs of people in the capital city of Albany. He named it: The Capitol. The next three years were a time of great challenges for both New York City and state, and the two publications that covered them. City Hall focused on downstate narratives like the beginning of the end for the old boys’ network in Brooklyn and the fact that former Public Advocate Mark Green reportedly did not “care that you hate him” as he lost his third race in a row in 2009. The Capitol meanwhile focused on how controversial figures like Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who would become the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee, were driving the GOP to the right just as Cuomo was getting ready to begin what would become a long reign as governor. The only problem with these two

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City Hall established as a monthly newspaper focused on local politics.

publications was that they were not doing it together. The late aughts and early 2010s were tumultuous times for journalism. Traditional ad revenue streams were going away because of the internet. Newspapers and magazines across the country were joining together to survive. City Hall and The Capitol would merge in 2011 to become City & State. The authoritative First Read newsletter launched later that year while this figurative juggernaut of journalistic might began experimenting with video, creating City & State TV, and podcasting with The Slant Podcast. There was even a little virtual reality going on at its sister publication New York Nonprofit Media – acquired in 2014 – and then some fiscal setbacks triggered layoffs and the shuttering of City & State Pennsylvania, which was established in 2016. It was back to basics for the New York magazine as it faced an uncertain future. It turned out that witty writing, shoe-leather reporting and great artwork were enough to get the company through

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Cover story examines whether Chuck Schumer has peaked in the U.S. Senate.

some challenging times. (Some great salespeople and a hardworking events team surely helped as well, but who is telling the story here anyway?) Reporting by devoted staffers chronicled the ups, downs and suspect claims of politicians as well as a whole lot of funny business in each week’s Winners & Losers feature. More editorial staffers have since been hired. The Pennsylvania magazine is back. While podcasting and other digital bells and whistles might return in the future, City & State is as devoted as ever to helping the old-fashioned ways of American journalism adapt to the 21st century. “It’s kind of back to a classic news organization,” Allon said in an interview as the 15th anniversary of City & State approached. “There’s a website. There’re newsletters. There’s a magazine – and none of this highfalutin fancy stuff.” A print publication that says what the hell is going on was not much of an innovation 15 years ago, but they are decreasing in supply, as truth-telling itself comes under fire. Luckily, City & State is still here. You’re welcome.

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City & State publishes an indepth investigation into the Cuomo administration’s interference with the Moreland Commission.

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HE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has exacerbated numerous needs for vulnerable New Yorkers. Hunger has spiked, educational disparities have worsened, mental health needs have increased and housing stability has been threatened by job losses. This year has only further highlighted the degree to which New York City and state officials have come to rely heavily on human services nonprofits to operate homeless shelters, food pantries, group homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and other institutions helping residents in need.

New York City spent about $5.9 billion contracting with nonprofits in fiscal year 2018, according to an analysis from SeaChange Capital Partners. Also, the pandemic has been difficult for nonprofits beyond the human services field. Arts and cultural organizations have faced particularly steep job losses. Philanthropic groups and foundations reevaluated their approach to grant-making and launched new ventures to fund urgent needs throughout the health crisis. In addition, a nationwide outcry against systemic racism prompted questions about whether organizations led by people of color have received sufficient funding to support and

advocate for their communities. While publications dedicated to covering business and industries like real estate are common, reporting solely focused on the nonprofit sector is harder to find. Several notable publications do exist, such as the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Inside Philanthropy and Nonprofit Quarterly. But City & State’s sister publication, New York Nonprofit Media, stands out as a rare resource focused on the nonprofit sector in a specific state. NYN Media started out as New York Nonprofit Press in 2002, when founder Fred Scaglione launched its inaugural issue. Since then, the publication has mor-

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tionwide shortages. Organizations on the front lines were financially strained as the certainty of government payments came into question and as they took on additional costs to establish new safety measures. Nonprofits had to shift many services and programs to be virtual, while many clients and people who used them lacked internet access or the technology needed to access them. I remember interviewing a nonprofit executive who began to nervously laugh while describing the never-ending challenges associated with helping vulnerable New Yorkers during the crisis. The number of subscribers to our newsletter jumped up as people sought answers to questions during such an uncertain time. I started a running list of COVID19 relief efforts from foundations supporting organizations in New York and began to outline what new federal aid would be available to nonprofits in need, such as the Paycheck Protection Program. I continued to track the rollout of the Indirect Cost Rate initiative that launched in 2019. The effort ended up facing pandemic-related budget cuts in 2020, disappointing organizations that ended up being reimbursed for less than they had anticipated. Finally, the initiative regained funding this year. Over the past year, I’ve come to appreciate the unique position I have had covering a niche beat. I’ve been able to uncover stories and topics that otherwise would have likely gone unexplored. I explained why New York’s case against the Trump Foundation was a rare example of charitable enforcement and looked into Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s controversial attempts to get nonprofits to disclose their donors. The nonprofit sector is ripe for more targeted and focused coverage – especially in New York state, which is home to more nonprofit jobs than any other state. I am now transitioning away from reporting for NYN Media to take on a new role as an associate editor working on City & State’s lists. We’re now taking the opportunity to see what the next publication’s next phase will look like through a newsletter redesign, expanded coverage of the sector and additional guest writers. I look forward to seeing what’s next for our unique look at such a diverse and fascinating field.

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For 15 years, City & State has provided us with meaningful coverage of New York politics, publishing important stories about New York and the people who keep it moving. I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to be interviewed by their hardworking reporters on a number of occasions, as well as to participate in their issue-based programming. One of my most notable memories from over the years was a morning bike ride interview from my home in Bedford-Stuyvesant through the streets of Central Brooklyn. I wish City & State continued success in the years ahead.

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phed significantly. City & State acquired, renamed and redesigned it in 2014. The once-print publication went online, and NYN Media launched its daily newsletter, now known as NYN First Read, and even dabbled in podcasts at one point. When I came to NYN Media two years ago, I did not have experience as a reporter covering nonprofits. I threw myself into learning as much as I could. I sat down with nonprofit executives to learn about their biggest challenges. I attended events where people debated philanthropic policies and discussed how to improve diversity in the sector. It took several months for me to understand the importance my reporting had for some organizations. I wrote an article in November 2019 explaining how New York City’s new initiative to cover additional government-funded nonprofits’ indirect costs, typically understood as administrative expenses, would work. While trying to translate procurement jargon into clear language, I wondered how many people would actually read it. The day it ran, I went to a rally where small organizations called for the New York City Council to pass a bill to protect property-owning nonprofits from being caught up in the city’s tax lien sale. I introduced myself to a nonprofit executive – who promptly smiled and told me he had forwarded the indirect costs article to several colleagues. I hadn’t even been a year into this position by the time the coronavirus began to spread across New York last year. I reported my first article about COVID-19 after asking my editors if I would be able to work from my home, which was within walking distance of the New Rochelle containment zone in Westchester County. Nonprofits were scrambling to decide whether to cancel their fundraisers or commit to hosting events. Days later, it became apparent that nonprofits would be playing an important role in addressing needs that were growing as a result of the coronavirus, and I began to pivot NYN Media’s coverage to those challenges. The crisis placed a heavy burden on New York’s nonprofits. Essential workers at nonprofits were often unable to access personal protective equipment amid na-

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O, NEW YORK, it’s Philly in the house! OK, so not just Philly. That’s just where I’m from. It’s also Allentown, Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, and all the small towns and cities in between. And not for nothin’, but we’re pretty happy to be here with you guys, so thanks for having us. Regional accents aside, I’d like to start by introducing myself as the relatively new editor of New York’s sister publication, City & State PA. I have a few things in common with you New Yorkers. Like

many of you, I’m willing to walk several blocks in heels for an exclusive interview, for a hair or doctor’s appointment, or just for a craving. Some days, it’s my favorite food truck that’s right around the corner. Other times, it’s pan-seared scallops and a pricey glass of sauvignon blanc in an entirely different neighborhood. That’s a little bit about me – but I want to introduce you to our magazine, City & State PA. (Hint: It’s more or less like your jawn, but in Pennsylvania.) After a brief hiatus, City & State PA relaunched in May, complete with new

By Jenny DeHuff branding and a new vision. Our in-depth, nonpartisan coverage serves the state’s policymakers, business leaders, philanthropists, public advocates, academics, journalists, labor leaders, lobbyists and everybody else trying to navigate its murky political waters. City & State has earned its reputation as a trusted guide to the important issues impacting New York – and now Pennsylvania – every day. And our smart, savvy team of reporters work tirelessly to inform our audience about what’s happening in Harrisburg and beyond.

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We launched our inaugural issue in June – 72 glossy pages of power-packed political reporting, complete with personality profiles, in-depth analysis and, of course, the Pennsylvania Power 100. In two short months, we’ve put out two beautiful magazines and countless stories for the web. The June issue featured a literal giant in the Keystone State – Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a polarizing figure in state politics who is running for U.S. Senate. Last month, the Health Care Power 100 issue included a profile of Ed Gainey, a longtime state repDoes Ed resentative who is one Gainey have what it takes to general election victobe the MAYOR ry away from becomOF ing Pittsburgh’s first STEEL? Black mayor. To help us put together our power lists, we recruited an eight-person advisory board. These people offer their insights and guidance to ensure we represent a diversity of opinions about the relative influence of the state’s elected officials, nonprofit and labor leaders, and those in the private sector. In addition to several groundbreaking stories featured in both the June and July issues, we’ve hosted two events, albeit virtually, so far. The first was a launch event celebrating our Pennsylvania Power 100, with guest speakers Gov. Tom Wolf, former Gov. Ed Rendell, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and others. And I recently hosted our virtual Diversity Summit, a gathering of industry executives and public sector leaders designed to foster business partnerships between the state and local governments, prime contractors and MWBEs. Both events were watched live by hundreds of people around the state. Now, a little bit about my teammates: Susan Peiffer, our publisher, oversees City & State PA’s overall operations and revenue generation efforts. She published Metro Philadelphia and Metro Boston before joining City & State, and

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It is with great pleasure that I convey to you my warmest greetings in honor of City & State’s 15th anniversary. Congratulations on celebrating over a decade of award-winning journalism! I admire your commitment to nonpartisan coverage of the political landscape in New York. City & State is the most prominent news source for policy issues affecting our cities and New York state. Since its inception, City & State has been dedicated to truthfulness, objectivity and transparency. Your unwavering regard for surpassing the ethical standard of journalism is why I was honored to be chosen for City & State’s 2021 Queens and NYC Power 100 list. Your First Read gets all of us political junkies up early every morning. Once again, congratulations on celebrating 15 years of hard-hitting journalism. Please accept my best wishes for your continued success. – Assembly Member David I. Weprin

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Get to know the editorial staff that keeps New York politicos in the know.

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Holly Pretsky is deputy managing editor of City & State. A native of Colorado, she started at City & State in February 2020 and currently lives in Brooklyn. Holly has reported from Martha’s Vineyard and Miami. She loves reading novels, doing improv, M&M’s with popcorn and over-thetop emoji use.

Editor-in-Chief Ralph Ortega joined City & State in October 2020. Born and raised in New York City, Ralph has lived all over Manhattan, from StuyTown to Hell’s Kitchen. Our EIC has worked for the Daily News, the Star-Ledger in Newark, the Asbury Park Press and the Daily Mail. Ralph is a proud Trekkie.

Managing Editor Eric Holmberg has been with City & State since December 2016. While getting his master’s in journalism at the University of Missouri. Eric won a national magazine writing award for his story on the history of mules in Missouri. Eric also interned for Reuters in Brussels where he reported on the EU.

Art director Andrew Horton has been with City & State since 2018. Andrew has worked for the Village Voice, Billboard, Business Week and many other publications. Hailing from Australia, Andrew now lives in New Jersey surrounded by plants, music and children. Andrew is going to miss making crazy Cuomo covers.

Senior Reporter Jeff Coltin has been with City & State for seven years since he cold-called an editor in 2014. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Jeff is a hard-hitting reporter, but he is not so hard-hitting on the court and has been beaten in basketball by Andrew Yang and in volleyball by Bill de Blasio.

Senior State Politics Reporter Zach Williams has been at City & State since 2017. Zach has lived all over the world. Specifically, Zach has lived in: Weaverville/Berkeley, California; Yantai/Xi’an/Changchun/Beijing, China; Quetzaltenango, Guatemala; Auckland, New Zealand; Monrovia, Liberia; Brooklyn; and Albany.

Deputy State Politics Reporter Rebecca C. Lewis has been with City & State for almost four years. She attended Fordham University and worked at WFUV. She grew up in Nassau County and is there to stay. A proud nerd, Rebecca snuck into the “Doctor Who” seventh season premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre.

Thank you to City & State for providing comprehensive coverage of New York state government for 15 years. Good journalism is needed to keep our elected officials accountable and provide transparency to the public. I look forward to continuing to read this wellrespected paper and wish City & State much success in the future. – Assembly Member Michael Durso

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n order to report on New York’s complex political landscape, City & State needs a dynamic, hardworking and whipsmart staff. Luckily, we have one. The City & State editorial staff are a welltraveled, multitalented group whose hobbies make them both interesting individuals and fantastic reporters. Read on to learn more about the people who cover New York politics for our website and weekly magazine.

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Senior Reporter Sydney Kashiwagi came to City & State in March 2021 from the Staten Island Advance where she was covering City Hall. An American University grad, Sydney grew up in Honolulu and now lives in Park Slope. In her free time, Sydney enjoys going to the beach, trying new restaurants and biking.

A staff reporter and the voice behind the Excelsior newsletter, Amanda Luz Henning Santiago has been at City & State for a little over two years. A New York native, Amanda grew up in Bay Ridge and now lives in Astoria with her very needy cat Ashi. Amanda spends most of her free time trying out new recipes.

Annie McDonough is City & State’s tech & policy reporter. She came to City & State three years ago from Colgate University. Annie grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and currently resides in Manhattan. Annie grew up playing volleyball and basketball (she has height advantage) and now is a very shameless theater lover.

Associate Editor Kay Dervishi joined City & State as an intern in 2018. Kay grew up in the Bronx and Westchester County. She went to the University of Richmond, where she studied journalism and political science while reporting on Virginia politics. Kay loves painting, drawing and reading speculative fiction.

Editorial Assistant Jasmine Sheena came to City & State six months ago from a political campaign in San Francisco. She grew up between Seattle and the Bay Area and went to the University of California, Berkeley. She currently lives in Hell’s Kitchen. She’s a veteran cross country runner and loves thrillers.

Associate Editor Patricia Battle, has been at City & State for three months. She comes to City & State from The Garnette Report. Patricia graduated from Kent State University. Born in Manhattan then raised in Tampa, Florida, Patricia now lives in the Bronx where you will almost always see her with headphones on.

Editor Greg Salisbury was brought on as a part of City & State Pennsylvania and has been with City & State since 2016. Greg graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and currently lives in Philadelphia. He has spent time in Texas, Westchester, New York City, North Carolina, Grand Canary and Miami.

Senior visual designer Alex Law has been at City & State for five years. A born-and-raised New Yorker, Alex grew up in Chinatown and Alphabet City, and lives in Chinatown to this day. A graduate of CUNY Hunter College, Alex is a self-taught multidisciplinary designer who also loves drawing, photography, and running.

Graphic designer Aaron Aniton came to City & State in 2016 from a freelance job at Hearst Magazines. Aaron grew up on Long Island and attended the Art Institute of New York City. He now lives in Chelsea. An avid skateboarder, usually at the Pier 62 skatepark, he volunteers with The Skatepark Project.

Photo researcher Michelle Steinhauser, started at City & State in April 2021. Michelle grew up in both Queens and Massapequa. Four years ago she started her own photography business. She has also worked for Vogue and McGraw Hill. Michelle has a BA in art and photography from CUNY Hunter College.

I am an avid reader of City & State with its excellent reporting of goings on in and concerning the state government. It’s an important resource to me. – Assembly Member Chris Burdick

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Once upon a time, people gathered in person to celebrate the influential leaders on City & State’s power lists.

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams spoke at a Brooklyn Power 100 event in 2019.

Future Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at the Above & Beyond event in 2018.

State Attorney General Letitia James spoke at a Women Power 100 event in 2018.

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New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson at a Pride Power 100 event in 2019.

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams addressed the 40 Under 40 crowd in 2019.

City & State’s spirited coverage of New York’s political landscape follows the rollercoaster of ups and downs. Most importantly, City & State’s journalists bring home what government means to New Yorkers. The First Read is one of my first stops in the morning and Winners & Losers (is) one of my last at the end of the week. Thanks for keeping alive a tradition of professional political journalism and helping to keep public officials on our toes and accountable to the people we serve. Congratulations to City & State on 15 years and best wishes for many, many more.

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Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer chatted with reporter Jeff Coltin at a 2020 Law Power 100 event.

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn attended the 2020 NYC Power 100 event.

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I want to offer my congratulations to City & State and its award-winning team as they celebrate their 15th anniversary. For 15 years, City & State has delivered insightful coverage and commentary about the complex dynamics of New York state’s politics. Your publication continues to foster important conversations about the policy and political landscape impacting New Yorkers. As a policymaker, I strongly believe in the importance of a reliable, independent and inquisitive press, and without a doubt, City & State fills that role. Best wishes to City & State on this joyful occasion, and I hope you celebrate many more anniversaries.

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City & State's events have been growing steadily over the past few years. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, we put on full-day policy events covering the biggest topics in New York, featuring government leaders from across the city and state. We also have networking celebrations coinciding with our power lists based on diversity, industry and location. In April 2020, we pivoted with ease to virtual events. We hope to come back to live events when New York is safe and ready. We could not have achieved what we did without the tireless efforts of our events team, whom I would like to thank and introduce: Alexis Arsenault, Events, Marketing & PR Manager Amanda Cortez, Events Coordinator I also want to express my gratitude and introduce our sales team: Scott Augustine, Account Executive Jim Katocin, Vice President of Advertising Danielle Koza, Vice President of Business Development Cydney McQuillan-Grace, Account Executive Garth McKee, Sales Assistant

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ICTURE THIS: It’s 2026, City & State is a national media empire, climate change is solved and New Yorkers are finally able to afford their apartments. There’s really nowhere to go but up. Here are our predictions of what will be featured in our next major anniversary issue.

Dianne Morales’ 2021 mayoral campaign finally reaches an agreement to unionize.

The New York City Board of Elections announces that 2026 ranked-choice voting results will be released exclusively on TikTok.

Speaking from a podium in the Fulton Mall Claire’s, New York City Mayor Eric Adams credits his latest piercing for paving the way to reelection.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces that congestion pricing will be implemented in the near future, but refuses to provide a specific timeline.

As all politicos know, the best way to seem savvy is to speculate.

President Bill de Blasio insists on Air Force One round trips to the Park Slope YMCA for his daily workout.

The Socialist Republic of Buffalo announces an open border policy with Canada.

New York City lawyers approve Mayor Eric Adams’ request to rent out Gracie Mansion as an Airbnb while he sleeps in City Hall.

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Notice of Formation of Renaissance 1701 Utica Realty LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/23/12. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1946 Coney Island Ave Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of DELTA CAPITA, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 5/27/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 101 Ave of the Americas NY, NY 10013. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of CENTRAL NY HOUSING LLC. .Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21. Office location: CAYUGA SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 110 Genesee St., Ste. 390a Auburn, NY, 13021. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of A/C Editions, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/21/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 108 East 78 th St NY, NY 10075. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 1314 Fulton St LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1314 Fulton St Brooklyn, New York, 11216. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Zafar Properties LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/12/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 544 Mcdonald Ave Brooklyn, NY 11218. Any law ful purpose. Notice of formation of 68-70 SPRING STREET HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/2/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 218 Lafayette S t . , N Y, N Y 10 012 . Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of LIMESTONE STAFFING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/2/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to C/O Crowe LLP 485 Lexington ave New York, NY 10036. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of X YZ Records LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/27/19. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 33 Crosby St #4F NY, NY 10013. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of The Terrence Mcnally Memorial Fund, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/17/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 29 East 9th Street, Suite 2, New York, NY 10023. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SPM Event LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/28/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8709 25 th Ave Fl2 Brooklyn, NY 11214. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Prominent Technologies, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/1/2020. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 145 West 28 th Street 8 th Fl NY, NY 10001. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Matthew Lejune Studio LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/1/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 249 Melrose St Ste 2L Brooklyn, NY, 11206. Any law ful purpose.

CRYSTALSRX LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/12/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Joanne Bar ton, 4 02 East 74th Street, Apt 3E, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Qual. Of JL WEBSTER 1313, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 7/9/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 7/7/15. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: C/O Corporate Creations Network Inc 600 Mamaroneck Ave ste 400, Harrison NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of PERCEVAL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/02/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Qualification of PHPF Sub-REIT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/02/21. O f f ice location: N Y Count y. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/30/21. Princ. office of LLC: 75 Broadway, Ste. 230, San Francisco, CA 94111. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19 9 01 . Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Public Notice State of South Carolina COUNTY OF: CHARLESTON IN THE MATTER OF:CYNTHIA MAXINE BOYD GARLINGTON IN THE PROBATE COURTCASE NUMBER 2021-ES-10-00309 SALLY ANN BOYD, Petitioner, vs. DONALD GARLINGTON, Respondent. SUMMONS TO THE RESPONDENT(S) LISTED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner(s) listed above at the following address{es):Seth A. Levy (Name of Petitioner/Attorney for Petitioner) 21 Gamecock Avenue, Suite A {Street Address or Mailing Address) Charleston, South Carolina 29407 {City, State, and Zip Code)Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS PETITIONER: SALLY ANN BOYD; DECEDENT: CYNTHIA MAXINE BOYD GARLINGTON; DATE OF BIRTH: April 22, 1950; DATE OF DEATH: July 23, 2010; NAMES OF POSSBILE KNOWN HEIRS: DONALD GARLINGTON, ALBERAT STROBLE, and JULIUS FIELDS. REASON FOR PETITION: To determine the heirs of Cynthia Maxine Boyd Garlington. Notification of invitation for virtual attendance of the hearing shall be provided by Charleston County Probate Court to Petitioner’s counsel one week prior to commencement of the scheduled hearing. Any and all parties may request attendance of the hearing by phone or email communication to Alison Atwood, Clerk of Probate Court, 843-958-4099, or aatwood@charlestoncounty. org. The Law Office of Seth A. Levy, 21 Gamecock Avenue, Suite A, Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 4004510 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER. Notice of Formation of Puff N Paint, LLC filed with SSNY on April 27th 2021. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1707 topping av #6A Bronx NY 10457. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of H & T Electrical Contractors, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6/21. Office location Fulton SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 163 CO Hwy 101 Gloversville, NY, 12078. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Eight Madison Group LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 369 Madison Street Brooklyn, NY 11221. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GMSW LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8413-13 th Ave Lower Lvl, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Compton Durham, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 50 Plaza St E. #4C Brooklyn, NY 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Artem Elmo Transportation LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1501 Avenue U 2 nd Fl Brooklyn, NY 11229. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Qualification of NPL MORTAR LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/4/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 243 W. 30th St., NY, NY 10001. Address to be maintained in DE: Bus. Filings Inc.,108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of the Commonwealth of DE, Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Qualification of NPL MANAGEMENT LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/14/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 243 W. 30th St., NY, NY 10001. Address to be maintained in DE: Bus. Filings Inc.,108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of the Commonwealth of DE, Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of PE R E Z NE L SON ADVISORS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/07/21. Office location: N Y C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of FORLENZA CONSULTING LLC filed with SSNY on June 23, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 55 COLLFIELD AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY, 10302, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Section 106 Public Notice T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on a 146 foot tall Rooftop located at 545 West 114th Street, New York, New York County, NY 10027. Interested parties with comments regarding potential e f fe c t s on His toric Properties may contact T-Mobile c/o Julia Klima at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 8779 6 8 - 4 7 8 7, S e c1 0 6 @ DynamicEnvironmental. com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22105031 Notice of Formation of ROUND BARN MANOR IL CL AS S B , LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/15/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C orp oration S er vic e Co., 80 State St., Albany, N Y 12 207. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation o f Z E E B OAT, L L C Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/15/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. Princ. of fice of LLC: 120 Wall St., NY, NY 10005. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom p ro c e s s a g ain s t i t may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

Notice of Formation of Drive To The End Express, LLC filed with S SN Y on 5/3/202 1 . Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1465 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10302. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Public Notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF RICHMOND Index No. 85093/2021 In the Matter of the Petition of THE RECTOR, CHUR CH WAR DENS AND VESTRYMEN OF ST. SIMON’S CHURCH STATEN ISLAND (A/K/A ST. SIMON’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH), a NEW YORK S T AT E N O T- F O R PR O F I T R E L I G I O U S C O R P O R AT I O N CONGR EG AT ION , to dissolve as per Religious Corporations Law §18 and Not-for-Profit Corporation Law § 1003. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned, on the 1 day of June, 2021, applied to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, IAS Part, thereof, held in and for the County of Richmond, at the Courthouse at 26 Central Ave, Staten Island, NY, at 9:30 am, for an order decreeing the dissolution of THE RECTOR , CHUR CH WAR DENS AND VESTRYMEN OF ST. SIMON’S CHURCH STATEN ISLAND (A/K/A ST. SIMON’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH) and for that purpose ordering and directing the transfer of any remaining assets of the St. Simon’s Church Staten Island, to The Board of Managers of the Diocesan Missionary and Church Extension Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York, in accordance with NY Religious Corporation L aw § 18 , located at 10 47 Amsterdam Avenue, New York NY, Goldstein Hall, PLLC Attorneys for Petitioner, 80 Broad Street, Suite 303, New York NY 10004

Notice of Formation of ACDMP, LLC filed with SSNY on July 10, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 44 Pemberton Ave, Staten Island, NY 10308. Purpose: any lawful act or activity

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Notice of Formation of PL A Z A VEHICLES, L LC . A r t s . O f Org. filed with SSNY on 6/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2740 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of PLAZA MOTORS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 274 0 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, N Y 11210. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of PLAZA AUTOS, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/25/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 274 0 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, N Y 11210. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of S orr yland Hobbies , LLC filed with SSNY on may 15, 2021. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 155 chestnut st, brooklyn ny 11208

Notice of Qualification of SUN NINJA LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/26/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Cogency Global Inc., 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

NeueHouse New York HQ LLC. Authority filed SSNY 6/29/21. Office: NY Co. LLC formed DE 6/8/15. Exists in DE: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to: c/o N ati onal R e gis te re d Agents, Inc., 28 Liberty St., NY, NY 10005, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Cert of Formation Filed: Secy. of State, Corporation Dept., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover DE 19901. General Purpose.

Notice of Formation of TurnUp LLC filed with SSNY on July 7th, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 64 Laconia Ave., Staten Island, NY,10305. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 172 NOSTRAND AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 172 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11205. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SnkrSaviorLLC , LLC filed with SSNY on May,12,2021. Office: We s t c h e s t e r. S S N Y designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 263 palisade ave, 1B, Yonkers, NY 10703. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of MONGER MARKETING LLC filed with SSNY on May 20, 2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 33 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 60 Romer Road LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/01/2 1 . O f f ice location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, 11 Chetwynd Te r r . , Livingston, NJ 07039. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Registration of KLEIN HORNIG LLP. Ctf. of Reg. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/1/21. Office location: NY County. Principal location: 170 West End Ave., Apt. 23S, NY, NY 10023. LLP formed in Massachusetts (MA) on 6/28/02. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 101 Arch St., Ste. 1101, Boston, MA 02110, also the address to be maintained in MA. Ctf. Of Formation filed with the Secy. of the Commonwealth, State House, Boston, MA 02133. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law.

Notice of Formation of 2108 Estate LLC, filed with SSNY on 7/20/2021. Office: KINGS County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 2108 Bath Avenue Brooklyn NY 11214. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 7514 15 AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/9/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 7514 15TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, United States, 11228. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 247 WAVERLY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/15/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 247 Waverly Pl NY, NY 10014.Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 249 AMM ACQUISITIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/2/21. Office location Richmond SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1325 Hudson Rd Teaneck, NJ 07666. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 970 EASTERN PARK WAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 970 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11213. Any law ful purpose

Notice of Formation of 1551 BROADWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1551 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11221. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 346 MONTGOMERY ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 346 Montgomery St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11225. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 985 NOSTRAND AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 985 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11225. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 7304 Property LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 135 32 nd St Brooklyn, NY 11232. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 352 MARCUS GARVEY BLVD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 352 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11221. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 987 NOSTRAND AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 987 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11225. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 483 WAVERLY AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 483 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1482 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1482 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 957 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 957 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1495 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1495 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 963 FULTON ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 963 FULTON ST, BROOKLYN, NY, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1549 BROADWAY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1549 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11221. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation o f A b i n g t o n L a ke Frederick LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 950 Third Ave 27 th Ave NY, NY 10022. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Qual. of DIGITAL THEATRE (US) LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 7/21/21. Office location: Rensselaer. LLC formed in DE on 9/20/19. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 70 West Madison st., ste 5750, Chicago, IL, United States, 60602. Arts. of Org. filed with IL SOS. 501 S. Second St., Rm. 350 Springfield, IL 62756. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of TRIPLE STAR 1707 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/3/16. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1707 W13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of. Brooklyn Castle, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/7/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 101 Lafayette Avenue, Apt #10a, Brooklyn, NY. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Electric Skyship LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 90 State St Ste 700 Office 40 Albany, NY 12207. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 23 INGRAHAM ST. LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/15/2004. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 4010 14 th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11218. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of H PRINCETON ASSOCIATE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/14/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 34 Puritan Ct Princeton, NJ 08540. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 23 VERONA PL LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1314 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 69 K INGSTON AVE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 69 Kingston Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11213. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 146 HERKIMER ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 146 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BLOOMLEE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/1/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 80 STATE ST., ALBANY, NY, United States, 12207. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of J & A SI GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/19/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 5206 8 th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of JEFFERSON 437 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 495A Henry St Ste 223 Brooklyn, NY 11231. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Lipnitsk y Holdings LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 44 Barlow Dr North Brooklyn, NY 11234. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NG & CHAN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/19/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 657 57 th St 1PL Brooklyn, NY 11220. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Martin Yoshiko LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/21/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 483 Washington Ave #5 B , Brook lyn , N Y, United States, 11238. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Mask 21, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/12/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 940 Park Ave New York, New York, 10028.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NAC STRATEGIC CONSULTING LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/16/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to attn: mindy h. stern, esq., 444 madison avenue, 6th floor, New York, NY, United States, 10022. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NI RE ALT Y GROUP LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 8317 12 th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11228. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of NORTHERN SEVEN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/16/21. Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 17 State St., 34th Fl, New York, NY 10004. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of NOSTRAND AND E MPIR E HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1314 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11216. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Pharos AA LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/22/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 24 Remsen St Brooklyn, NY 11201. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of PILHOF LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/25/93. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 3858 Nostrand Ave #202 Brooklyn NY 11235. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Roundview Talent LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/25/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 405 E. 72 nd St, New York, New York, 10021. Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of 518 REAL ESTATE ADVISORS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/30/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 325 Columbia Tpke, Ste 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Choconini Confections LLC filed with SSNY on June 30, 2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7 E.14th St., Suite 20B, New York, NY, 10003 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of 316 GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/13/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 14, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 07/16/2021. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any law ful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION of B uilding Future Legacies for Young Scholars, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/23/2021. Of fice Location: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Dr. Christine A Pinnock, 1502 E. 222 nd St., Bronx, New York 10469. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Reflect to Grow C o u n s e l i n g L C S W, PLLC filed with SSNY on May 4th, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: The LLC 11 BROADWAY SUITE 615 NEW YORK, N Y 10 0 0 4 Purpose: Any law ful purpose. RHCP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/17/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 121 West 20th St., 4G, NY, NY 10011. Reg Agent: Ron Chau, 121 West 20th St., 4G, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 302 GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/13/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 155 -157 GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/13/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of 319 OM GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 07/14/21. O f f ice location: N Y County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L LC upon whom process agains t it may b e served. SSNY shall mail process to Mario Osso, 155 W. 85th St., NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qual. of KPP MM III, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 07/27/2021. Office loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 11/03/2014. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 369 West 126th Street, Mgmt Suite, NY, NY 10027. Address required to be maintained in DE: 310 Alder Rd, PO Box 841, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, cider and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 4663 METROPOLITAN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 for on premises consumption. Mansions Worldwide LLC. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, cider and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 300 MALCOLM X BLVD BROOKLYN, NY 11233 for on premises consumption. Malcolm X Brothers Inc.. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (1337066) for beer, wine, cider and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 38- 40 29TH STREET LONG ISLAND CIT Y, NY 11101for on premises consumption. Original Beebeave LLC. Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, cider and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 36 E 61ST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10065 for on premises consumption. Casa Cruz 61 LLC.

Le Rouge Graine LLC filed w/ SSNY on 7/13/21. Office: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o So Young Shin, 795 Columbus Ave., #15B, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful.

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Form of notice for onpremises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number (pending) for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a CR 256 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 154 Scott Avenue Brooklyn NY 11237 for on premises consumption. H154 LLC. Notice of Auction Modern Moving Inc. will sell at Public Auction at 3735 Merritt Avenue, Bronx, NY 10466 At 6:00 P.M. on September 14 th , 2021 for due and unpaid charges by virtue of lien in accordance with the provisions of the law and with due notice given all parties claiming an interest therein, the time specified In each notice for payment of said charges having expired household furniture & effects, pianos, trunks, cases, TV’s, radios, hifi’s, refrigerators, sewing m a c h i n e s , wa s h e r s , air conditioners, h o u s e h o l d f ur ni t ure O f all de s crip tions and the contents thereof, stored under the following names: KENNER, SHLOMO DRUMMOND, GREGORY ORR, JIMMIE. C Notice of Formation of EUREK A3 HOMES BUYERS LLC filed with SSNY on 02/06/2018. Office: PUTMAN C O U N T Y. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: USA CORP INC 325 DIVISION AVE . SUITE 201, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of So Help Us, LLC filed with SSNY on 04/23/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 751 troy ave apt 1P Brooklyn NY 11203. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Fruitstand LLC. Articles of Organization filled with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/14/21. Office Location: New York City. SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to; 45 W 60th St, #11A New York NY 10023. Purpose: Any lawful purpose or activity. Notice of Qualification of 60 Beverly, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/15/21. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in FL on 7/31/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 5575 Las Brisas Dr., Vero Beach, FL 32967. Principal office addr. of LLC: 5575 Las Brisas Dr., Vero Beach, FL 32967. Art. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of the State of FL, Div. of Corps., 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FILING OF A P P L I C AT I O N FOR AUTHORIT Y OF EMPOWER BROOKLYN LLC UNDER FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILIT Y CO MPA N Y L AW SECTION 802 Name: EmPower Brooklyn LLC. Date of filing of Application for Authority with Dept of State: July 13, 2021. Jurisdiction: Delaware. Date of Organization: July 13, 2017. Office Location: N ew Yo r k C o u n t y. Principal Business Location: 322 West 57th Street, #46U, New York, NY 10019. Service of Process Address: 322 West 57th Street, #46U, New York, NY 10019. Office in Jurisdiction of its Organization: Business Filings Incorporated, 108 West 13th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. Authorized Officer: State of Delaware, Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, 401 Federal Street, Suite 4 , Dover, Delaware 19901. Purpose: any lawful business activity.

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Notice of Formation of FNM 38TH AVENUE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 76 North 4th St Space F, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of FNM 46 CORTLANDT LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/18/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 76 North 4th St, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11249. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of FNM 500 DEKALB LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 76 North 4th St, Space F, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of FNM 635 4th Avenue LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 76 North 4th St, Space F, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FNM West 72nd Street LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 76 North 4th St, Space F, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of J & M MAPLE PROPERTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/4/21. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. S SN Y mail proces s to 43 Maple Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10306. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Glowbar NY W Y THE AVE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 157 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MAX88 LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/5/21. Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 511 Falcon Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOLDEN 872 REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 966 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NEW YORK FINTECH CLUB LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1501 Avenue U, 2nd Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11229. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GOLDEN SI3 REALTY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be s e r ve d S S N Y m a i l process to 966 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232 . Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of SR Fitness & Nutrition LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Wayne. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 139 Grace Ave, Newark, NY 14513. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of S TA R R I D E R EQUESTRIAN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/27/21. Office location Orange SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to P.O. Box 457, Westtown, NY, United States, 10998. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of KENSO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/26/21. Office location New York SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 15 E 13th St, New York, NY, United States, 10003. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 1245 EAST 100 STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/5/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 2124 Rockaway Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11236 . Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1549 DEAN LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/29/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 1408 47th Street Apt 1R, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 1945 BAY RIDGE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/04/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 133-48 Avery Ave 2nd Fl, Flushing, NY 11355. Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 462 Property LLC filed with SSNY on 07/02/2021. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: Jin Ru Chen 832 50 Street Brooklyn, NY 112 20. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of 50W 27ST LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/02/21. Office location Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 672 Westminster Road, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 11230 Any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of 201 WEST 17TH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/30/21.Office location: New York SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 201 West 17th St, Unit PHH, New York , NY 10011.Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 360 Clove Road LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 68/3/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 360 Clove Rd, Staten Island, NY 10310. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of NYCNCC SUB-CDE 13, LLC (the “LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on 07/16/2021. Office location: New York County. The principal business address of the LLC is: One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail service of process to c/o New York City Economic Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: General Counsel. Purpose: any law ful purpose. Notice of Formation of Elite Endomorphs, LLC filed with Richmond County, NY on May 21st, 2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 100 Wadsworth Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10305. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of JDS DE VELOPMENT FL LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/4/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in FL on 6/10/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with FL SOS. Clifton Bldg, 2661 Executive Center Circle, Tallahassee FL 32301. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CLW ENTERPRISES LLC Articles of Organization filled with Secretar y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/2021. Office Location: Kings SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to; CHARLENE WILSON 1261 E 80TH STREET #48 BROOKLYN, NY 11236. Purpose: Any law ful purpose or activit y.

Notice of Formation of BAY 31ST STREET LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/20/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 25 Marlboro RD, Westbury, NY 11590. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BAY 31ST STREET 2A LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/14/21. Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served S SN Y mail proces s to 56 Wilson Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10304. Any law ful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Birthdae Studio, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/13/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 141 Engert Ave, Apt 3R, Brooklyn, NY 1122 2 . Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Dan Roth Studio LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/5/21.Office location: Kings SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 175 Kent Ave Apt 707, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Form. of HOST INTE R NATIONAL LOGISTICS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/5/16. Office location: Chemung. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 124 Wygant Rd, Horseheads, NY 14845. Any law ful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ONLY AN OCTAVE APART LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/01/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 200 Park Ave. South, 8th Fl., NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y.

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Notice of Qual. of TRIPLE Y PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/9/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 4/5/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 257 West 93rd Street, Apt. 5c, New York, NY 10025. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of BROADSTREAM VENTURES, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/9/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 5/21/20. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 257 West 93rd Street, Apt. 5c, New York, NY 10025c. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of BROADSTREAM PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 4/9/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 4/5/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 257 West 93rd Street, Apt. 5c, New York, NY 10025. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 45-47 YALE AVENUE LLC filed with SSNY on 08/07/2020. Office: Westchester Count y. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 45-47 YALE AVENUE LLC 599 W HARTSDALE AVE SUITE 204 WHITE PL AINS, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation - Heart of Chelsea Veterinary PLLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/26/21. Office loc.: NY County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 80 State St, Albany, N Y 12 207. Purpose: ve te r inar y m e di c in e

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at the following locations in New York, New Yo r k C o u n t y, N Y. Antennas are proposed to be collocated at a top height of 82 feet on a 93-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 105 Edgecombe Avenue, 10030, at a top height of 61 feet on a 62-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 432 W. 38 th Street, 10018, and at a top height of 84 feet on a 94-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 814 10 th Avenue, 10019. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Bennett Thomas, b.thomas2@trileaf. com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 4 0 7- 6 6 0 -7 8 4 0 . Notice of Formation of GABELLINI SHEPPARD PRODUCT DESIGN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/27/21. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Attn: K imb e r l y S h e p p ard , 665 Broadway, Rm. 706, NY, NY 10012. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any law ful ac tivit y. Notice of Formation of THE LATE NIGHT CLOSET LLC filed with SSNY on 07/15/2020. Office: Bronx County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: The Late Night Closet LLC 472F East 139th Street, Bronx, New York, 10454, USA. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK ATLANTA, GA The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above-named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more: Kings MITCHELL MARKOWITZ 124 PARROT PLACE APT 2D BROOKLYN, 11228 ROBIN MARKOWITZ 124 PARROT PLACE APT 2D BROOKLYN, 11228 Bronx MARIANNE CARUSO 3130 GRAND CONCOURSE APT 6B BRONX 10458 A report of unclaimed property has been made to Thomas P. DeNapoli, the Comptroller of the State of New York, pursuant to Section 702 of the Abandoned Property Law. A list of the names of the persons appearing from the records of the said insurance company to be entitled thereto is on file and open to the public inspection at the principal office of the corporation located at 1 Orange Way, Windsor CT 06095 , where such abandoned property is payable. Such abandoned property will be paid on or before August 31, 20 21 , to persons establishing to our satisfaction their right to receive the same. On or before the succeeding September 10, 20 21 , such unclaimed funds still remaining unclaimed will be paid to Thomas P. DeNapoli, the Comptroller of the State of New York. Upon such payment this company shall no longer be liable for the property. RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK ATLANTA, GA

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas and install associated equipment at a top height of 22 feet on the rooftop of a 23foot building at the ap p rox . v i c ini t y o f 1515 Middle Countr y Road, Centereach, Suf folk C ount y, N Y 11720. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Lyndsey Miller, l.miller@trileaf.com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 4076 6 0 - 7 8 4 0 .

Notice of Formation of WC Value Managment, LLC filed with SSNY on August 9, 2021. Office: Westchester Count y. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 6 Kingswood Way, South Salem, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Amherst, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY Empower Federal Credit Union The following persons appear from our records to be entitled to unclaimed property consisting of cash amounts of fifty dollars or more: Anthony Finch 477 SILK RD FULTON NY 13069 Brayden Lynch 48 EVANS RD PENNELLVILLE NY 13132 Brock Lord 48 EVANS RD PENNELLVILLE NY 13132 Dalton Kunelius 7377 STATE ROUTE 104 OSWEGO NY 13126 Donald Kunzwiler 54 PATRICK CIR FULTON NY 13069 Jade Acker 13 MELROSE AVE APT 2 FULTON NY 13069 Jeffrey Cook 94 Munn St Oswego NY 13126 Martin Dumont 211 BALDWIN RD FULTON NY 13069 Christopher Walker 2229 RIDGE RD APT B LOWMAN, NY, 14861 Vicki Newman 156 N HARRISON ST JOHNSON CITY, NY, 13790 Candace Hauck 45 COWING ST DEPEW, NY, 14043 Ixondra Cowles 98 Barnett Dr. Buffalo, NY, 14224 A report of Unclaimed Property has been made to Thomas P. DiNapoli, Comptroller of the State of New York, pursuant to Section 301 of the Abandoned Property Law. A list of the names contained in such notice is on file and open to public inspection at the principal office of the credit union, located at 1 Member Way, Syracuse, NY 13212. Such abandoned property will be paid to proven entitled parties by Empower Federal Credit Union through October 31st. On or before November 10, any remaining unclaimed monies will be paid to Thomas P. DiNapoli, Comptroller of the State of New York. Empower Federal Credit Union

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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above-named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more: Genesee ESTATE OF MICHAEL CARRINGTON 29 COE AVE OAKFIELD, 14125 Monroe ESTATE OF DAVID MCDONALD 1 MORNING VIEW DR FAIRPORT, 14450 Nassau SUSAN KURLOWICZ 83 WINDHORST AVE BETHPAGE, 11714 ESTATE OF MANJU MAHTANI 17 BOND LN HICKSVILLE, 11801 New York ESTATE OF ARMANDO VALLADARES 815 W 181ST ST APT 1G NEW YORK, 10033 Rensselaer ESTATE OF KAWIKA ROGERS 183 HORSE HEAVEN RD EAST NASSAU, 12062 Rockland ESTATE OF DELBERT FISHER 17 E RAILROAD AVE APT WEST HAVERSTRAW, 10993 Suffolk MARY ANN MILLER 56 RIDGEWAY BLVD BAY SHORE, 11706 ESTATE OF GERTA KANE 11 1ST ST LAKE ROKONKOMA, 11779 Westchester ESTATE OF JOSEPH, LITTLE 61 BRONX RIVER RD APT 5B YONKERS, 10704 A report of unclaimed property has been made to Thomas P. DeNapoli, the Comptroller of the State of New York, pursuant to Section 702 of the Abandoned Property Law. A list of the names of the persons appearing from the records of the said insurance company to be entitled thereto is on file and open to the public inspection at the principal office of the corporation located at 1 Orange Way, Windsor CT 06095 , where such abandoned property is payable. Such abandoned property will be paid on or before August 31, 20 21 , to persons establishing to our satisfaction their right to receive the same.

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Public Notice

At an IAS Part 35 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York held in and for the County of Kings at the Courthouse

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at the following locations in Brooklyn, K in g s C o un t y, N Y. Antennas are proposed to be collocated at a top height of 77 feet on a 144-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 425 Greenpoint Ave, 11222, at a top height of 58 feet on a 55-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 361 Fenimore Street, 11225 and at a top height of 74 feet on a 79-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 1440 East 14th Street, 11230. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Ben Petersen, b.petersen@trileaf.com, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 407- 660 -7840.

360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, on the 26th day of July 2021. PRESENT: HON. Karen Rothenberg J.S.C. KENT HANDBERRY, SR. Plaintiff, -against- SHAMEL S. DANIELS and “JOHN DOE” being a fictitious name for the operator of the subject vehicle currently unknown to Plaintiff; Defendants. Upon the reading and filing of the annexed Affirmation of STEVEN H. COHEN, dated the 22nd day of July, 2021, and upon all the exhibits annexed hereto and the pleadings and proceedings heretofore had herein; LET Plaintiff KENT HANDBERRY, SR,, appear and show cause before this Court, Park 35 in room 574 on the 9th day of September 2021 at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard: * WHY an Order should not be entered as follows: 1. Pursuant to CPLR 321(b)(2), permitting the Law Offices of Michael E. Pressman to withdraw as attorneys of record for the Plaintiff, KENT HANDBERRY, Sr.; 2. Pursuant to CPLR 308(5) permitting service in lieu of personal service, upon plaintiff, KENT HANDBERRY, SR., by publication in a newspaper. 3. Granting a stay of all proceedings for sixty (60) days to permit Plaintiff, KENT HANDBERRY, SR., to retain new counsel; and 4. Together with such other, further and different relief as the Court deems just and proper. ORDERED that this matter is hereby stayed pending a hearing and determination of the within Order to Show Cause; and it is further LET service of a copy of this Order together with the papers upon which is is granted be deemed timely served upon Plaintiff, KENT HANDBERRY, Sr., if made by publication in a newspaper and by regular mail to last known address and entered certified and regular mail upon MARTYN, MARTYN, SMITH, MURRAY and YONG, attorneys for defendant SHAMEL S. DANIELS, be deemed timely if served on or before the 25th day of August, 2021 be deemed good and sufficient service. ENTERED Karen Rothenberg, J.S.C. * Order to Show cause will be submitted on return date and court will contact parties top set date for argument if required by court. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Depew, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Brighton, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Batavia, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Buffalo, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

On or before the succeeding September 10, 20 21 such unclaimed funds still remaining unclaimed will be paid to Thomas P. DeNapoli, the Comptroller of the State of New York. Upon such payment this company shall no longer be liable for the property. VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY

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Notice of Qual. of FGNYW East Amherst, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Galleria, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Greece, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Hamburg, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Lockport, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

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Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas on building rooftops at the following locations in B ro o k l y n , K ing s County, New York: a top height of 70 feet on a 72-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 1681 49 th Street, 11204; at a top height of 88 feet on an 88-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 3602 Avenue J, 11210; at a top height of 60 feet on a 61-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 912 Saratoga Avenue, 11212; at a top height of 43 feet on a 46-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 913 Belmont Avenue, 11208; at a top height of 32 feet on a 32foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 3401 Avenue S, 11234; at a top height of 85 feet on a 85foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2911 86 th Street, 11223; at a top height of 79 feet on an 82-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 55 92 nd Street, 11209; and at a top height of 86 feet on an 81-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 1675 East 18 th Street, 11229. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p ro p e r ti e s m ay b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan R a s m u s s e n , m . rasmus s e n@ trile af. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Henrietta, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Niagara Falls, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Victor, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Webster, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Of fice location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Qual. of FGNYW, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

BA X TE R ADV ISOR S LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the S SN Y on 08/05/2021. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Caryn Paer, 429 East 52nd St. Apt 31G, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

August 16, 2021

Public Notice

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 72 feet on a 70-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 1800 Universit y Avenue, Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10453. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Pk w y, Building 4 0 0 Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Cellco Partnership a n d its controlled affiliates d o in g b u s in e s s a s Verizon Wireless (Verizon W i r e l e s s) p r o p o s e s to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 30 feet on a 39-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2451 1st Avenue, New York, New York County, NY 10035. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, L aura Elston, l.elston@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 43 feet on a 42-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 233 Eldert Street, Brooklyn, K i n g s C o u n t y, N Y 11207. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Hannah Dell, h.dell@trileaf.com, 1395 South Marietta Pk w y, Building 4 0 0 Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067, 678-653-8673.

Notice of Formation of Gomez Engineering, PLLC filed with SSNY on 07/15/2021. Office: Richmond County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: The PLLC 6 Fonda Place Staten Island, NY 10309 Purpose: Professional Engineering

Notice of Formation of H. A .L . Industries, LLC filed with SSNY on 05/28/2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 415 East 52nd. Street, Office #2 New York, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas on building rooftops at the following locations in B ro o k l y n , K ing s County, New York: a top height of 70 feet on a 72-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 1681 49 th Street, 11204; at a top height of 88 feet on an 88-foot building at the approx. vicinity of 3602 Avenue J, 11210; at a top height of 60 feet on a 61-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 912 Saratoga Avenue, 11212; at a top height of 43 feet on a 46-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 913 Belmont Avenue, 11208; at a top height of 32 feet on a 32foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 3401 Avenue S, 11234; at a top height of 85 feet on a 85foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 2911 86 th Street, 11223; at a top height of 79 feet on an 82-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 55 92 nd Street, 11209; and at a top height of 86 feet on an 81-foot building rooftop at the approx. vicinity of 1675 East 18 th Street, 11229. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic p ro p e r ti e s m ay b e submit ted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Morgan R a s m u s s e n , m . rasmus s e n@ trile af. com, 1395 S. Marietta Pkwy, Building 400, Suite 209, Marietta, GA 30067; 678-653-8673 ext. 657.

Public Notice Cellco Par tnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless ( Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas and install associated equipment at a top height of 37 feet on the rooftop of a 43-foot building, at the approx. vicinity of 6225 NEW UTRECHT AVE, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 11219. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Jessica Cilento, j.cilento@trileaf. com, 407-660-7840, 1051 Winderley Place, Suite 201, Maitland, Florida 32751 Notice of Qual. of FGNYW Lakewood, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 8/6/21. Office location: New York. LLC formed in DE on 8/3/21. SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave #400, Harrison, NY 10528. Arts. of Org. filed with DE SOS. Townsend Bldg. Dover, DE 19901. Any lawful purpose.

Form of notice for on-premises license. Notice is hereby given that a license, number “Pending” for liquor, beer, and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, and wine at retail in a OP 252 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 922 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238 for on premises consumption. BKLYN BURRO LLC Notice of Formation of 360 Clove Road LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/21.Office location: Richmond SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 360 Clove Rd, Staten Island, NY 10310. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Stacey Simon Nutrition LLC filed with SSNY on 05/10/2021. Office: New York County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 1675 York Ave. #17E New York, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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